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#246 – Peter Woit: Theories of Everything and Why String Theory is Not Even Wrong by Lex Fridman

#246 – Peter Woit: Theories of Everything and Why String Theory is Not Even Wrong

from Lex Fridman Podcast

by Lex Fridman

Published: Fri Dec 03 2021

Show Notes

Peter Woit is a theoretical physicist, mathematician, critic of string theory, and author of the popular science blog Not Even Wrong. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
()– Introduction
()– Physics vs mathematics
()– Beauty of mathematics
()– String theory
()– Theory of everything
()– Twistor theory and spinors
()– Nobel Prize likelihood for theory of everything
()– Simulating physics
()– Sci-Fi, aliens and space
()– Responsibility of scientists