Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

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Podcast Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

A podcast about how we understand the world, scientifically and as humans. Each conversation brings together visionaries from the worlds of arts, sciences, humanities, and technology discussing the nature of reality and how we collaborate to create the future. Hosted by Dr Brian Keating, Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Physics at UC San Diego. For show notes go to: https://briankeating.com/podcast

  1. Searching for Extraterrestrial Life with Dr. Luke Barnes and Dr. Jay Richards

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    Searching for Extraterrestrial Life with Dr. Luke Barnes and Dr. Jay Richards

    Are we alone in the universe? I had the great pleasure of discussing this fundamental existential question with astrophysicist Dr. Luke Barnes and philosopher Dr. Jay Richards!  In this exciting discussion, we dove headfirst into the implications of the SETI project, the Rare Earth hypothesis, and the possibility of habitable planets in other solar systems. Together, we explored the probabilities and challenges of the search for extraterrestrial life, taking into account the vastness of the universe and the fine-tuning required for life to exist.  Tune in to find out more about the search for extraterrestrial life! This debate was hosted by the Hoover Institution. Key Takeaways: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:50 Cosmic fine-tuning 00:12:13 The Privileged Planet  00:21:09 When did the fine-tuning take place? 00:28:05 The SETI project  00:30:59 The lack of life on Mars 00:39:40 Why we’re so fascinated by this question  00:57:28 Quantum mechanics and Einstein’s relativity  01:02:01 Human exceptionalism  01:08:46 Science and religion  01:12:58 Outro Additional resources: ➡️ Check out my incredible colleagues:  🔔 Hoover Institution: https://www.hoover.org/  🔔 Hoover Institution YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HooverInstitution ✖️ Dr. Luke Barnes: https://x.com/lukebarnesastro/  ✖️ Dr. Jay Richards: https://x.com/drjayrichards/ ➡️ Follow me on your fav platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://x.com/DrBrianKeating 🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/list ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/cosmic-musings/ 🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast ✨ Member's only playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUMOmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1 h 15 min
  2. Extra Dimensions Could Change Everything We Know About Physics | Dan Hooper

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    Extra Dimensions Could Change Everything We Know About Physics | Dan Hooper

    Is the universe hiding extra dimensions we can’t see? Could a graviton – a particle we haven’t even proven to exist – change everything we know about the cosmos? And what does the future of physics hold if the standard model fails? Today, I sit down with the renowned cosmologist Dan Hooper to discuss some of the most complex and exciting theories in modern cosmology. Dan is a leading theoretical physicist at Fermilab and a professor at the University of Chicago, specializing in the mysteries of dark matter, the early universe, and extra dimensions.  In this thrilling episode, Dan and I explore how hidden dimensions and mysterious particles could fundamentally challenge our understanding of the universe!  Tune in! Key Takeaways: 00:00 Intro  01:12 Judging a book by its cover 03:00 The Kaluza–Klein theory  06:29 Extra dimensions and gravitons  14:05 Supersymmetry and spin-3/2 particles  19:16 The Desi experiment and neutrino mass  24:58 What has Dan been wrong about? 27:40 Outro Additional resources: ➡️ Learn more about Dan:  🎶 The Spectral Distortions: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2sazg5S1hrbt5Rk4lxoVHy  🎙️ Why This Universe?: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbfIVYxgDnR3dicM18TwS8w ➡️ Follow me on your fav platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://x.com/DrBrianKeating 🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/list ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/cosmic-musings/ 🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast ✨ Member's only playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUMOmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    30 min
  3. How Did Tardigrades End Up on the Moon? w/ Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

    -6 J

    How Did Tardigrades End Up on the Moon? w/ Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

    What are tardigrades, and how did they end up on the moon?  I had the pleasure of exploring the evolution, resilience, and potential use cases of these microscopic creatures that can survive in extreme environments with Daniel Whiteson and Jorge Cham from Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe.  Enjoy! — Key Takeaways:  00:00 Intro  01:52 Are tardigrades colonizing the moon?  04:12 A little bit about myself 08:37 Ask the wrong expert 15:03 Why are tardigrades so terrifying? 16:50 Their extreme survival abilities   26:18 How they ended up on the moon  28:29 Can they survive on the moon?  33:41 Outro — Additional resources:  ➡️ Check out Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe: 🎙️ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daniel-and-jorge-explain-the-universe/id1436616330  🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5t4keSVD2zRQuUEtwuoq4V  — ➡️ Follow me on your fav platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating  🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1  📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/list  ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/cosmic-musings/  🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast  — Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to follow/subscribe so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    36 min
  4. Will We Ever Find a Theory of Everything? Brian Keating & Curt Jaimungal

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    Will We Ever Find a Theory of Everything? Brian Keating & Curt Jaimungal

    Will we ever find the theory of everything? What’s the real difference between artificial intelligence and artificial wisdom? And do experimental physicists really need a deeper understanding of theory than the theorists themselves? I had the incredible pleasure of diving into these profound questions with Curt Jaimungal, host of the popular podcast and YouTube channel Theories of Everything. In our insightful conversation, we explored the nature of theoretical physics, the role of experimental science, and the ongoing quest to understand the origins of the universe, from the Big Bang to the possibility of a cyclical cosmos. Tune in. Key Takeaways: 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:34 My goals in life  00:02:44 Artificial intelligence vs. artificial wisdom  00:09:20 Gödel's incompleteness theorem 00:19:55 Theoretical vs. experimental physics 00:27:00 What textbooks are there for experimental physics? 00:36:50 What's needed for a Theory of Everything?  00:40:56 What are the limits of experimental physics? 00:42:37 Free will, reductionism, and God  00:51:34 Eric Weinstein's geometric unity  00:59:12 Outro Additional resources: ➡️ Check out Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal:  🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w  💻 Website: https://www.curtjaimungal.org/ ➡️ Follow me on your fav platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://x.com/DrBrianKeating 🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/list ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/cosmic-musings/ 🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast ✨ Member's only playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUMOmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1 h 3 min
  5. Why I Worry Every Time Someone Says to “Follow the Science” w/ Georgia Howe

    19 SEPT.

    Why I Worry Every Time Someone Says to “Follow the Science” w/ Georgia Howe

    I’m a scientist.  But every time someone says to “follow the science,” I worry.  Why? Find out in my conversation with Georgia Howe from The Daily Wire. The Daily Wire is a news website and media company founded in 2015 by political commentator Ben Shapiro and film director Jeremy Boreing.  Enjoy! Key Takeaways: 00:00 Intro 01:08 Knowledge vs. wisdom  02:42 Follow the science 08:42 Politics and science  11:23 Integrity in science  14:07 Outro Additional resources: ➡️ Check out PragerU: 🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PragerU ➡️ Follow me on your fav platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://x.com/DrBrianKeating 🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/list ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/cosmic-musings/ 🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast ✨ Member's only playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUMOmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    17 min
  6. Are We Living in a Simulation? Nick Bostrom

    17 SEPT.

    Are We Living in a Simulation? Nick Bostrom

    What if everything you know is just a simulation?  In 2022, I was joined by the one and only Nick Bostrom to discuss the simulation hypothesis and the prospects of superintelligence.  Nick is a Professor at Oxford University, where he heads the Future of Humanity Institute as its founding director. He is the most-cited professional philosopher in the world aged 50 or under and is the author of some 200 publications, including Anthropic Bias (2002), Global Catastrophic Risks (2008), Human Enhancement (2009), and Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014), a New York Times bestseller. With a background in theoretical physics, computational neuroscience, logic, and artificial intelligence, there is no one better to answer this question than him! Tune in.  — Key Takeaways:  00:00:00 Intro 00:00:44 Judging a book by its cover 00:05:22 How could an AI have emotions and be creative? 00:08:22 How could a computing device / AI feel pain? 00:13:09 The Turing test  00:20:02 The simulation hypothesis  00:22:27 Is there a "Drake Equation" for the simulation hypothesis? 00:27:16 Penroses' orchestrated objective reality  00:34:11 SETI and the prospect of extraterrestrial life  00:49:20 Are computers really getting "smarter"? 00:53:59 Audience questions 01:01:09 Outro — Additional resources:  📚 Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom: https://a.co/d/fYC5DH0  — ➡️ Follow me on your fav platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating  🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1  📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/list  ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/cosmic-musings/  🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast  — Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to follow so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1 h 4 min
  7. What Do Our Genes Reveal About Our Past? w/ Richard Dawkins

    17 SEPT.

    What Do Our Genes Reveal About Our Past? w/ Richard Dawkins

    What do our genes reveal about our past?  Richard Dawkins, one of the world’s most influential and thought-provoking scientists, explored the most profound principles of evolutionary history in his new book, The Genetic Book of the Dead.  Dawkins is a renowned evolutionary biologist, zoologist, and author. He is also a prominent figure in New Atheism alongside Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens and is well known for his criticisms of creationism and intelligent design.  I had the extraordinary privilege of discussing his new book in our two-part interview. In addition to judging his book, we explored the evolution of sex drive and aesthetic appreciation, genetics, the intersection of theoretical and experimental science, the potential of artificial intelligence, and more.  Tune in to learn about genes from one of the most prominent evolutionary biologists of our time! P.S. Don’t forget to check out part one of our interview: https://youtu.be/BdiOFaMUASU Key Takeaways: 00:00 Intro 01:30 Judging a book by its cover 06:01 Do genes die?  07:53 Can genes predict the future?  11:26 The extended phenotype  22:42 The hypothetical scientist of the future  28:53 A colony of symbiotic vertical viruses 32:51 Final exit to the future 36:10 What evolutionary purpose does music serve?  43:25 The palimpsest  49:38 AI, pain, and evolutionary processes  56:25 Outro Additional resources: ➡️ Learn more about Richard Dawkins: ✖️ Twitter: https://x.com/RichardDawkins/  💻 Website: https://richarddawkinstour.com/ ➡️ Join Richard Dawkins and me in Canada on October 6, 2014 https://admitone.com/events/richard-dawkins-vancouver-9488912 ➡️ Follow me on your fav platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://x.com/DrBrianKeating 🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/list ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/cosmic-musings/ 🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast ✨ Member's only playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUMOmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    60 min
  8. Brian Keating Discusses Cosmic Origins and Simulation Hypothesis With George Noory

    13 SEPT.

    Brian Keating Discusses Cosmic Origins and Simulation Hypothesis With George Noory

    I was recently invited on Coast to Coast AM to discuss topics ranging from cosmic origins and the simulation hypothesis to religion and the Nobel Prize. Enjoy!  Coast to Coast AM is a late-night radio talk show covering various topics. Most often, the topics relate to paranormal phenomena or conspiracy theories. It was hosted by its creator, Art Bell, from its inception in 1988 until 2003 and is now hosted by George Noory. — Key Takeaways:  00:00 Intro 01:02 Simulation hypothesis  05:36 The multiverse theory  08:56 How I lost the Nobel Prize 17:28 Discussing the Big Bang  20:03 Giant telescopes and observatories 25:56 Science vs. religion  28:18 Audience questions 47:00 Outro — Additional resources:  ➡️ Check out Coast to Coast AM: 💻 Website: https://www.coasttocoastam.com/  — ➡️ Follow me on your fav platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating  🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1  📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/list  ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/cosmic-musings/  🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast  — Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to follow/subscribe so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    49 min
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A podcast about how we understand the world, scientifically and as humans. Each conversation brings together visionaries from the worlds of arts, sciences, humanities, and technology discussing the nature of reality and how we collaborate to create the future. Hosted by Dr Brian Keating, Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Physics at UC San Diego. For show notes go to: https://briankeating.com/podcast

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    Big Bang Productions Inc.
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    2016 - 2024
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