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Sean Carroll: The Nature of the Universe, Life, and Intelligence

Lex Fridman Podcast

Lex Fridman

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist at Caltech, specializing in quantum mechanics, gravity, and cosmology. He is the author of several popular books: one on the arrow of time called From Eternity to Here, one on the Higgs boson called The Particle at the End of the Universe, and one on science and philosophy called The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself. He has an upcoming book on Quantum Mechanics that you can preorder now called Something Deeply Hidden. Finally, and perhaps most famously, he is the host of a podcast called Mindscape that

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0:00.0

The following is a conversation with Sean Carroll.

0:02.6

He's a theoretical physicist at Caltech,

0:04.8

specializing in quantum mechanics, gravity, and cosmology.

0:08.7

He's the author of several popular books,

0:11.6

one on the era of time called from maternity to here,

0:15.3

one on the Higgs boson called Particle at the End of the Universe,

0:19.1

and one on science of philosophy called the Big Picture,

0:22.4

on the origins of life, meaning in the universe itself.

0:26.2

He has an upcoming book on quantum mechanics

0:28.6

that you can pre-order now called Something Deeply Hidden.

0:32.7

He writes one of my favorite blogs on his website,

0:35.9

preposterousuniverse.com.

0:37.8

I recommend clicking on the greatest hits link

0:40.3

that lists accessible, interesting posts on the era of time,

0:44.2

dark matter, dark energy, the Big Bang, general relativity,

0:47.4

string theory, quantum mechanics,

0:49.4

and the big meta-questions about the philosophy of science,

0:53.1

God, ethics, politics, academia, and much, much more.

0:57.5

Finally, and perhaps most famously,

1:00.2

he's the host of a podcast called Mindscape.

1:03.4

They should subscribe to and support on Patreon.

1:06.7

Along with the Joe Rogan experience, Sam Harris is making sense,

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