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Currently Playing: Cutting Edge Traversable Wormholes Research | Brian Greene

Brian Greene talks about string theory, faster than light travel, Ed Witten, and death / afterlife. Sponsors: - Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/TOE for 20% off Every episode days early, ad-free, plus my essays: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/subscribe - *New* TOE Website (early access to episodes): https://theoriesofeverything.org/ - Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal - Crypto: https://nowpayments.io/donation/TOE - PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE - Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt - Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs - iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802 - Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e - Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything LINKS MENTIONED: - Brian Greene Toronto Talk: https://roythomsonhall.mhrth.com/tickets/dr-brian-greene - World Science Festival: https://cdn.worldsciencefestival.com/ - IAI Interview Brian Greene and Eric Weinstein: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0B1Du2bN08 - Carlos Zapata Carratalá: https://arity.science/ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:50 Faster than light travel 00:12:10 Traversable wormholes 00:18:45 Death and fear 00:20:40 Demons of pursuing science and psychedelics 00:27:57 Finding meaning in disconnectedness 00:32:35 The Hard Problem of Consciousness 00:37:38 Gödel, Dyson, and the relevance of a TOE 00:40:35 Time is not fundamental 00:45:35 The Holographic Principle 00:49:20 Google's wormholes and ER = EPR 00:54:18 Geometric Unity, Wolfram, and E8 00:58:00 Curt's upcoming physics paper 01:08:09 Advice for aspiring physicists (young and old) 01:14:50 Ed Witten is terrifying 01:19:15 Carlo Rovelli, Lee Smolin, and emergent time 01:22:02 Simulation Theory, Swampland, and Geometric Algebra 01:32:50 Responding to Eric Weinstein - Bias in String Theory Aug 27, 2023