Edward Witten explains The String Theory (2000)

[@Troughi]

Here after JRE

[@erkanzengin4846]

Indeed!

[@pask12]

Same!

[@Hughmanity80]

Me too bru. This guy is awesome!

[@John-ce8uf]

Amazing podcast with Eric Weinstein.

[@bluemarlin4403]

Same here

[@chriscurry2496]

If Ed Witten had never made it in physics, he’d have made a tremendous hypnotist

i feel thoroughly lobotomized and blissfull

[@frankdux4515]

Absolutely

[@eerievibes6854]

Or gay guy

[@MH-wm6df]

Lol😂😂😂😂😂

[@EternalResonance]

Actually his genes where extremely close to becoming non verbal autistic. Soooo he would of been taken care of for life if he wasn't who he is now. Also on another note. pay attention at how he laughs inside at his own inside joke without being too obvious. You can tell by his twitching eye 2:00

[@rawirihemi27]

You can tell he’s a special dude, doing exactly what he’s supposed to be doing, and so calmly ❤

[@skoto8219]

What’s wild is that he got his bachelor’s in history, then studied economics for a semester as a grad student before deciding it wasn’t for him, and then enrolled in Princeton’s PhD program for applied mathematics …before switching to physics. You have to wonder if the fact that his father was a theoretical physicist prevented him from taking the most straightforward path lol

[@zerg9523]

That jumper alone makes him a boss.

[@TC-zi2yp]

You can see in his eyes, he is visualizing his explanations. When he is finished he re-enters the reality of the conversation.

[@nuke97]

Love that observation.

[@IIIllllIIIIlllll]

I’d give anything to experience his thoughts, even for a few minutes

[@_casg]

Same

[@Andy111Woodcock]

Hyperfantasia I believe it's called ☝️

[@worker-wf2em]

Correct. He re-enters reality after talking about the unreality that is string theory. This is brilliant maths. Shit physics though

[@Chillnel]

What a creature . How fast he bolts to the black board is inspiring. Like a child when asked about his bike

[@viviondioline]

what a weird comment

[@Chillnel]

@@viviondioline the only person being weird is you my man lmao

[@thaitrekker597]

​@@viviondiolineAgreed. People hear how smart he is and are then overanalyzing every single thing to look for genius in it, even simply acting like a teacher does (he is/was a professor) and going to the blackboard to demonstrate like all teachers do.

[@Youtuber-km1qo]

This is one of the smartest people on the planet, And at some points his saying things are gonna get way weirder than we can ever imagine possibly soon maybe within your lifetime reader

[@jhannbnd]

I am just not smart enough to comprehend even 5% of what he said. But I am glad there are people like him that know and care. ,👍

[@gvzhvys2590]

Jo Lim 😆 so true!!

[@CoolGuy-fg3xv]

It’s not that difficult You just need to be motivated

[@8beef4u]

@@CoolGuy-fg3xv It's probably the most difficult thing one could study lol

[@Solbashio]

his explanation is already simplified Lmao

[@shiftinggearsnpassingqueers]

Dude I was just thinking the same thing! I was like I I am at calculus level that’s it😂 I am just happy there are people that are discovering these things about our universe and gravity and all these laws of physics. If you think about it a certain way we are kinda witnessing history!

[@Humanaut.]

I find it interesting that he seems so kind, sensitive and softspoken.

[@skipper472]

Yeah, most people with such a high IQ are usually very arrogant.

[@lexbraxman9270]

He’s articulating these complicated ideas so quickly and smoothly and at the same time translating his words into layman for us to understand.

[@CrossOverNewz1318]

Came here after Rogan didn’t you haha?

[@lexbraxman9270]

@@CrossOverNewz1318 yup lol. Eric Weinstein is so brilliant that when he praised Witten I had to check him out

[@enriquecolis9617]

Same here man😂

[@tohellandbacknoface4091]

Blown away by his smoothness and beautiful delivery... this man is incredible

[@tohellandbacknoface4091]

@Lex Braxman same I heard that and was like I gotta see this man he speaks off. Cheers Eric!

[@mriconoclast13]

Plot twist: He is just making up random stuff on the spot knowing that most people wouldn't know the difference.

[@JB19504]

When I was 7 years old, I lived around the corner from Eddie and played with him. True story, Pikesville MD 1956 or 57. Hi Eddie, do you remember playing ball with me? Your dad brought you down to my house, Summit Park. You lived on Diana Rd, I lived on Pimlico Dr. JRE brought me here, although I have known about your work for decades.

[@1rudrakshsharma]

Lucky You!

[@BDB78]

Wow! What was he like as a kid?

[@JB19504]

@@BDB78 He was smart but kind of an egghead. He was a couple of years younger than me, but he didn't seem like the genius he was. He just wanted to play catch. I felt a little sorry for him.

[@Silentanwa661]

@@JB19504 you can feel the lack of inhibition to chase what he desires, clearly it moves him almost commandingly

[@FishSupper.]

I could listen to him speak forever. I wish we had educators like this man. Then I remember myself In high school and understand why we don't.

[@Stefanoitch]

Same her my friend. Good thing we matured

[@kalachakra1508]

So true

[@woopteedeewoopteedye]

I know I'm listening to a genius, but feel like I'm looking at an alien that has taken human form. Never heard of him before. Thank you Eric Weinstein.

[@justinmitchell9681]

Dude has to be on the very high end of the Autism spectrum. Would love to observe him in a social setting.

[@mondrian5620]

@@justinmitchell9681 You some doctor or going to school for psychology?

[@RonaldTolar-pg8uh]

Hogwash !

[@carpathianhermit7228]

​@@mondrian5620do you have to study a thing to make observations within a thing?. Moron

[@cechzc2e]

Eric Weinstein, has called string theory out, for the grift that it is.

[@Gen.x-d1q]

It is brilliant how he can explain this in such a way a person like me can understand. This guy it's a genius.

[@Hughmanity80]

Certain kinds of humans have such beautiful artful minds. I just found this gem of a man and I am grateful. Thank you for being. Friend to minds that think. Edward Witten. Wow! It's fun just listening to him. So eloquent.

[@RonaldTolar-pg8uh]

Me too, when around Crack.

[@mmanacguy]

I can honestly say that I understand everything he is saying. He is actually explaining it in layman's terms.

[@cheapmovies25]

No doubt he is way more detailed in reality he can speak all this within equations but knows only a few ppl would get that

[@S10Alexander]

It wouldn’t be a very informative interview if he wasn’t

[@Perrydog101]

It's like watching a professional boxer. You can vicariously enjoy the conversation, but beware of the hubris.

[@kmacadaeg7]

Cap 🧢

[@rockandfound]

Yes and his technique should be mimicked so people can understand

[@Dchavarria-lm7uo]

This guy went to his board to prove his point furthermore during an interview. Fucking legend

[@jackgamble6120]

He is easy to listen to. His words truly paint pictures for the mind. Soothing voice as well...great for ASMR. :)

[@coolcat23]

The most fascinating video I've seen in years. Extremely captivating.

[@prepareforwinter213]

I understood that, no discovery channel special has ever given me that when it comes to String Theory

[@daniaa.oliva-pena7338]

He's amazing , I would've loved to have a professor like him . I love the way he explains the most , it's as if he sees it in his mind and uses words to explain how he understands what you can't see. I love it and hope I can learn everything I've been having difficulty understanding .

[@Setfree316]

The only one that can elevate your mama to the next level is a supernatural wisdom holy Ghost professor Jesus Christ Colossians chapter 1

[@mondrian5620]

@@Setfree316Don’t use God’s name in vane.

[@mensrea1251]

lol I guess you don’t realize super string theory is a scam.

[@mondrian5620]

@@mensrea1251 prove it.

[@mensrea1251]

@@mondrian5620 I can’t. No one can. Super string and M are entirely self referential by design and any experimental data that even trends towards disproving them (eg cosmological constant) are immediately countered by proposing random changes to assumptions that themselves can neither be proven nor disproven. There are systems like that that have proven net positive to our existence and valuable to civilization, except we do not call them science, we call them “philosophy” or “religion”.

[@tywins3669]

Wow. Watch his eyes. It's as if he is computing thousands of computations instantaneously simply to deliver a layman's explanation of a topic that he understands on a level most humans could never. How we went from early man to this in less than a million years.

[@gregmccauley1687]

It's the pain of knowing exactly how much you don't know.

[@Saral_Lekhi]

Yeah. I felt like he is a robot reading from 10 extra large monitors seamlessly!

[@Theantmang]

i dont think not one single mind can understand what he understands on his level, the general consensus between top level physicists is that Witten is leagues above in intelligence. Its truly such an amazing feat, i feel his the closest mind to something of AI. Hes sort of robotic. Interesting as hell. Would love to see scans of his brain.

[@juaneliasmillasvera]

@@Theantmang Watch some coference from Terence Tao, Witten is a smart person but physicist at the end... Mathematicians are at other level. =)

[@RobertMJohnson]

Less than 200,000

[@tihseht472]

How did i just find out about this guy for the first time by listening to jre like I've been a universe fan boy for over a decade now. I own several seasons to the universe and all of through the wormhole n i could listen to this guy talk for years like other physicists must be scared of this guy as even youtube spit out his name top of the list with just a edw.

[@quantarank]

He's like Voldemort, you're not supposed to know about him.

[@bmoneybby]

If you even follow physics a little bit over the past few decades you would know who he is...

[@kalachakra1508]

What's an EDW? I remember someone (a theoretical physicist)saying in a documentary years ago that most theoretical physicists think they're smart. And Edward Witten is SO much smarter than all of us who think we're smart. 😊

[@iridium1911]

He doesn't do podcasts, and his interviews are rare, as you can see by googling him on KZbin. He did recently appear on Brian Green's World Science Festival, along with 3 other top level String Theorists. It's an amazing talk actually, go check it out. From what i see, he is also a bit 'embarassed' about his status as a legend in physics. When people prompt him to speculate, he refuses, and at least attempts to be super careful about what he says about physics. He is, however, adamant that string theory is the onyl real candidate right now for a final theory

[@dakarcz]

The guy is so smart, I just regret my math skills are not as good as his, to have same pleasure of the overall harmony that the theory is revealing. These guys are on frontiers of human intelligence, bests of the bests. One day, they will come with something incredible, discovering all tones of the space symphony. I wish every next generation has at least one Edward Witten and that I could see where they got in 1000 years from now ;-)

[@janzacharias3680]

We build our own superintelligence edward witten, how about that?

[@Orangestardust]

​@@janzacharias3680Quick! Grab his DNA!

[@rad7595]

If you could understand the math you could bulshit the hell out of people also.

[@harrynac6017]

The interviewer is Wim Kayser. This is one of the interviews he did in a series called "Beauty and Consolation", and it ended with most of them sitting together for a conversation.

[@N0RZC]

I am glad people like this, Great Scientists and professors like Ed Witten get the recognition they deserve. Here from JRE

[@daniaa.oliva-pena7338]

Yes, 😂😂😂me too! I wanted to know the man that causes scientist to shake in fear 😊, he's not scary at all . I could actually understand . If science is music , he could compose many symphonies.

[@Gatsu_Gambino]

​@@daniaa.oliva-pena7338 the reason he makes them shake in fear is because they feel stupid when he speaks...

[@daniaa.oliva-pena7338]

@@Gatsu_Gambino, lol!!!

[@Gatsu_Gambino]

@@daniaa.oliva-pena7338 lol 😆 I'm serious though that's what most of the ones who have spoken with him have said.

[@RonaldTolar-pg8uh]

What did he do with anything but Philosophize non- verifiable, non-useful mental gymnastics.

[@keyzersoze7781]

This man has an incredible gift to communicate. I would give anything for a conversation with him

[@Eric714Trading]

There is nothing you have that would be worth even a "string" of his time

[@MrInventer80]

​@@Eric714Trading lmao bro did you feel good writing that

[@CRuane02]

@@MrInventer80 😂😂

[@Gatsu_Gambino]

​@@MrInventer80 did you? He's right though... people who are so smart have literally nothing that interest them...

[@MrInventer80]

@@Gatsu_Gambino that's just generalizing

[@psychologyis]

This is soothing to watch and listen to, regardless of the limits of my understanding

[@CannibalWHORE22]

I like that he is talking about stuff in an intelligent way. But in a way you can understand and also how it’s not anything scary or fear inducing.

[@AK-hy9fe]

that's because he's dumbing down for you, Mr Cannnibalwhore22

[@TheDarkLasombra]

Also considered complete horseshit by most in Physics now. String Theory is dead.

[@CannibalWHORE22]

@@TheDarkLasombra I wouldn’t say it’s dead at all. It only ends when everything ends. Everything is connected in one way or another rather we want to believe it or not.

[@h34lth01]

@@TheDarkLasombra explain?

[@noumenon6923]

“As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.” - Albert Einstein

[@noumenon6923]

Jonathan Valenzuela : Einstein meant that while mathematics uses deductive reasoning, science must rely on inductive reasoning.

[@noumenon6923]

Jonathan Valenzuela : I would say that while physics theories are formulated in mathematics, they are ultimately a synthesis of empirical facts, and so, are subject to falsification upon new contrary evidence. A theory that makes no empirical predictions, is not physics, but rather, mathematics. A mathematical theory that has 10^500 answers, is vacuous as a picture of reality.

[@noumenon6923]

Jonathan Valenzuela : I don’t recall the context of Einstein’s statement,..... it may have been in reference to H. Weyl’s “gauge” invariant generalization of general relativity to “world geometry”,..... Einstein said that it was mathematically “beautiful”, and “Genius of the first rate “,... but “impossible that the theory corresponds to nature”.

[@noumenon6923]

Jonathan Valenzuela : No, I had always thought that Weyl invented the gauge concept himself.

[@holamoco]

​@@noumenon6923 20:55-21:06 like he is saying here?

[@YogiMcCaw]

Amazing. Even I could follow it LOL! But more seriously, what strikes me is the that the ancient idea that existence manifests using (I won't say "governed by") the mathematics of harmonic resonance just seems like it keeps re-emerging again and again among the most advanced thinkers in many different historical eras. As a musician, I want to heed Witten's warnings that the beauties and harmonies of string theory are not the same as in music. Even with his succinct explanation, I know that what I can grasp is still only at the very most simplistic edge of the universe he's talking about. People think science is all dry and logical but that's not at all true. Physicists gape in awe at the profound mysteries of the universe just the same as the rest of us. It must be exciting for Mr Witten to work at the boundary where logic and math confront those as-yet inexplicable mysteries.

[@dlennertzdl]

I enjoyed his x/y graph where he wrote the “t” and “m” first, then proceeded to fill in the “I” and “e” to for the x value. The efficiency and thought form is extraordinary

[@Theantmang]

hes the closest mind to AI we ever had, or will have for awhile i feel. his mind seems so robotic, so beautiful in a sense but also kind of frightening how much ahead his brain is from everyone else. I truly believe that people who criticize string theory, truly cant see the grand scheme of it clearly. he might be 500 years too early to be recognized, if string theory ever get proven correct or figured out, then society as a whole needs to have experimentation with it which would cause insurmountable energy. We'd need to be a type 3 civ at that point which is thousands of years if not 10's of thousand away.

[@bach730]

It’s like having Leonardo Davinci try and teach me how to draw a stick figure. This guy is amazing.

[@iraja333]

OMG 😲 I just understood deep concepts in minutes. My head is hurting but love it. True genius makes it look easy simple not difficult🙏

[@Joey-kr4mn]

Trust me, you don’t understand it

[@ThomasTJ900]

​@@Joey-kr4mnlol , crackpots every where

[@humanrightsadvocate]

If Ed Witten had never made it in physics, he’d have made a tremendous supervillain.

[@markware1955]

What's missing is that he's not stroking a hairless cat...

[@crystalgreco5699]

I seriously thought the same thing!!! 👍🏼

[@w012thless]

🤣

[@TheLuminousOne]

What...as the nicest guy in the World...😂

[@psychedelictacos9118]

Ozymandius!

[@marksc1929]

He’s literally explaining these things while simultaneously editing himself for us little people .

[@twist7799]

such a brilliant man, I just wish I could follow what he is saying.

[@cheapmovies25]

It takes time me like 2 yrs

[@martingay3064]

The beauty of music analogy is quite nice - as being untrained in music theory I would look at the score for a beautiful song and have no idea what I was looking at whereas a trained musician could possibly recognise the beauty from the notes, silences and accents. We would certainly not scoff at the use of "abstract" musical notation to create beautiful music as we should not scoff at the use of abstract mathematical constructs to create beautiful physical theories and models.

[@JulianDrob]

First chapter of Simarillion

[@davidporter671]

Except piano strings are three dimensional. The “strings” in string theory are one. Seems problematic.

[@eliwilson1146]

I didn't know that handsome Squidward was a scientist, too!

[@glocksundgeworfenheit_]

Somehow I think conversing is taking more mental calculation from Witten than anything he's explaining

[@apowellaudio4690]

Thank you Eric, Joe, and Mr. Witten.

[@algallontheobserver3780]

This man is truly remarkable! Like God damn! Wish I had a professor like him back in the uni. days.

[@scoobsthedoobs_3507]

that's the most interested I've ever been over something on a blackboard/whiteboard before

[@kingkj664]

takes the question " how long is a piece " to another level

[@JoostRingoot]

One of the problems of the string analogy is that strings are solid objects as well. In reality however particles are illusions: quanta create/maintain (oscillating) forcefields that give us the illusion of particles

[@kavalkid1]

Absolutely fascinating! I do understand thoroughly, and I don't know why. Edward Whitten 2:30 Edward is anticipating which questions the interviewer might ask while listening. Each word narrows down the gamut of possible words to finish the question. 12:00 Edward waits for the question to then for the answer idea to form, then the proper words to succinctly express the idea. 12:06 Being interrupted, Edward re-opens the gamut of responses then evaluates the interviewers further input and waits for the idea to form before the words gel to the best choices, a form of branching and/or backward time. 14:20 Five differing string theories are described by Edward. Perhaps the five separate conclusions describe the parameters of “fuzziness” required by higher dimensional time. I am presuming that these five separate theories are each presented in linear form. 17:00 Concerning symmetry; I don’t see how symmetry can be maintained at sub-luminal velocities. The balancing factor might be a super-luminal stillness gradient. Sub-luminal “fuzziness” may be balanced by super-luminal clarities, if you will. 17:50 “Space and time will only be approximations.” The position and velocity of a particle being an approximation is a part of this “fuzziness.” This is required for linear time to operate as we observe it. “Paying attention to what’s first and what’s last.” The words of this linear statement cannot express the idea the first and last can be simultaneous, as well as reversed.

[@aumperialism]

Good analysis sir

[@Moneymeham]

And also the fluid motion of harmonious is outstanding

[@MrVestido]

The fact that we celebrate someone singing WAP more than we do this

[@kolbehall960]

I wish I wanted this guy on JRE, but Joe would be so lost at minute 10 😂

[@jameskingstoncatch22]

Just came across this interview! Strange! i had a dream a number of years back. It consisted of just one continuous note/ tone, it was the most incredible sound /experience.it was as if everything in the universe was contained in that note. it was a whole orchestra playing the most beautiful music, nothing else existed it was as if i was in this most incredible peaceful place. Nothing else existed except this joy and tranquility and peace. would have been happy to stay there and never return!

[@hikedayley9309]

That was some powerful Hashish you were smoking.

[@nils8584]

all in one tone? epic, god is a shrutibox!

[@FixingPhysics]

To sum it up ... strings are really small cosmic soap bubbles

[@burromouse]

This guy could either solve all earths problems or end the universe.

[@RonaldTolar-pg8uh]

Me too ! When I smoke a potent joint !

[@golfnut533]

A genius with a very calming voice.

[@KeyserSoseRulz]

Edward should record guided meditation videos. His smooth voice will put anyone to sleep in a few minutes.

[@chr0ne692]

I watched the whole video so engaged, yet understanding very little...then I read the video description 😂

[@TheAmanda1983]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@innosanto]

He is charming personality. A great energy.

[@WARDISWARD]

I would love to experience that kind of genius , even if it was for just one day

[@WARDISWARD]

@Robert Hunt I meant experiencing it like Mr.Witten does ,and why bring up a totally irrelevant (horrible ) tv -show ?

[@CannibalWHORE22]

If you are willing to learn and then teach what you know, your halfway there. 🙂

[@e.o9470]

I agree, he sees the world quite differently or i can say in an unbelievable detail and order in his imaginations.

[@three6nine992]

The seed of my theory... There are three kinds of "strings" and they are not looped..... The strings are more like a knitted blanket with strings overlapping each other in a similar fashion as the thread in the blanket (over-under-over-under, up and down). Each string "type" has a natural harmonics "range" and each interacts with the others according to these "harmonics". The points where the strings overlap and interactions with those next to, above and bellow at certain frequencies or "harmonics" is where you get matter in all its forms.. The kinds of strings overlapping, the position of the stings as in up/down/over/under and the frequencies of each determin what form of matter.... Thats it in a nutshell.

[@marksw5499]

One of the smartest men alive currently

[@marco199705]

And Grigorio Perelmano

[@MrSidney9]

I hear , Its THE MOST INTELLIGENT MAN, at least in physics

[@SugaMatty]

Hearing this guy articulating himself is honestly incredible but I can't thanking about the way he wrote "time" in the beginning 2:30

[@gskessingerable]

Wasn't that weird?

[@stratorunner1]

Mr. Witten is on an higher level , You see that he really try to be the most simple that he can , with all these images , and btw? i'm lost anyway. :)

[@whyswon]

ChatGPT is really just Ed Witten sitting at a keyboard and typing really, really fast.

[@michatarnowski580]

I really like this video because it says more than the majority of popular materials. I've watched tens of YT videos on string theory and almost none of them say how it differs from standard QFT, i.e. in the sense of being much more rigid and explaining interactions just by the structure of particles. To me, Witten with his passion and concentration is a much better advertiser of strings than Kaku; at least to me Witten is far more convincing.

[@AmsterdamHeavy]

but theyre both full of shit with this nonsense

[@TheDarkLasombra]

Isn't String Theory basically dead in the physics world? That's why we are looking at a clip from 2000 instead of 2023.

[@AmsterdamHeavy]

@@TheDarkLasombra ...you are correct and even in the 90s plenty of people were skeptical about it. The only thing that kept it going was that fraud Kaku and his incessant chirping about it in every documentary he was asked to be in.

[@chrishill5511]

I read once that grad students called him "The Alien".

[@lucaprotopapa32]

Physics is more exiting than ever!

[@sibbyeskie]

Typo is unfortunately more true than the intended

[@Perrydog101]

"You automatically know what the actions are when you know what the particles are." In organic chemistry, we know that the initial sequence code solely determines form, not function. It's form itself that determines function. That beauty of non covalent bonds illustrates that Malleability is the quality of something that can be shaped into something else without breaking,

[@chandler-bing]

Just imagine those strings are oscillating inside us too they are on our finger tips infront of our eyes yet the are sooo far away from us even though we ourselves are made of it

[@hikedayley9309]

and just imagine you have 100Trillion microbes inside of you that are not you. There is more of them than there is you. Imagine that!

[@jesuscontreras124]

He is a machine gun loaded with mind f*cks. 23 minutes of non stop blast smooth greatness.

[@xavariusquest4603]

Except it is a hypothetical mess AND HE GOT EVERYONE TO FOLLOW IT. He's so far down the rabbit hole he cannot find his way out and may be unwilling to tell everyone THEY need to.

[@nycjt6267]

I wish i lived in a society where things like this goes viral on tik tok and Witten is a rock star.

[@ChrisDragotta]

Imagine the conversations between This guy and the "help" at Epgreens Island.

[@MacBjorn]

Stephen Hawking took all the glory and fame while Edward was quietly working in the background

[@theoavg]

We have three theories that make predictions for the behaviour of particles but we haven’t managed to make a single prediction yet.

[@thedayofquicksilver6930]

This man is a genius!

[@ravdobrzynski]

Piękno tego jest takie, że definiuje się liczby, które są punktami, a później zagęszcza się te punkty chcąc utworzyć coś ciągłego. To się nie uda.

[@TheMilwaukeeProtocol]

I can see why Eric Weinstein finds him frightening. He's like the perfect Android.

[@travsb1984]

Silly comment.

[@TheMilwaukeeProtocol]

@@travsb1984 It is. Eric is also getting sillier by the day.

[@cobblebrick]

@@TheMilwaukeeProtocol Why do you think so?

[@alexokin6819]

Hes so gay n wimsical weepli soundi dis guy is suha coward go cry to epstei i mean it braun

[@leprechaun7667]

We need Real Physics back!

[@namwayaray985]

I've got myself confused enough to fall asleep thank you sir😭

[@Shoutinthewind]

The greatest mind in generations spent his entire career on a Masturbatory theory that has yet to make any contact with physical reality and shows no signs of ever doing so. What a beautiful tragedy.

[@tinytotem86]

Except for the fact that this could be the foundation of some brilliant engineers, “AHA” moment; that changes the world forever.

[@adsdfadfs]

Your comment is more masturbatory than anything he has done. Tragic.

[@yif217]

Plus the maths that he developed along the way has contributed fundamentally in which he has won a fields medal , one of only two physicists to win them. Other being Martin hairer who was briefly my professor for stochastic analysis

[@ronandrews6105]

I have to stop every so often to reflect on, and grasp what he’s saying.

[@shroomskaiev]

This guy apparently drove physics to a dead end.

[@michael7v6]

I memorized this whole bit. Chalkboard and all. Fun to break out when I’m at corp meetings and I’m called upon to write on the whiteboard.

[@aust1ntexas235]

He did in thirty seconds, what Hawking couldn’t explain in a chapter of his book.

[@loren-emmerich]

A Loren Emmerich production was here, what physics is for many people, is music for me. Dome flight explains a lot do i think. Have a good day, bey, bey!

[@-theislander-5888]

this dude is fucking insane. in the best way possible

[@Ridabu]

I was friends with Edward Witten on Facebook back in 2006 and I still think about that.

[@5Gazto]

Thanks for the lesson, Witten.

[@noumenon6923]

Unlike string theory, loop quantum gravity is manifestly background independent,..... but it sounds like Witten is saying string theory will treat spacetime as emergent from more fundamental structures (?) (Probably referring to Ads Cft correspondence).

[@andi18091992]

Spacetime becomes a derived concept in the context of String theory since the fundamental theory is the worldsheet theory in 2d. Spacetime emerges from the dynamics of strings. However, this is only a part of the full story since there are other string theories where there is no exact notion of fundamental objects, see e.g. M-theory.

[@drsus0]

if aliens ever invade we need him to act as our leader... that way they'll never know how dumb the rest of us are.

[@mensrea1251]

The genius is the way Witten, Greene et al. were able to scam everyone and watch the grant monies and accolades roll in. They made it impossible to experimentally prove or disprove it, so the racket can continue for as long as they need it to. GENIUS.

[@eoinoconnell185]

If they wanted to make money, they could become hedge fund managers.

[@wehaveasituation]

An all-time con man...straight from Central Casting...

[@snakerman2612]

He’s definitely not a con man. I mean c’mon, the guy looks like a retard🤣 Wether string theory is bullshit or not, this guy believes what he’s saying. He’s not a con man in that sense

[@worker-wf2em]

23 years later and we’re finally starting to realise how much this purely abstract maths that exists only in his mind has stunted real physics

[@CirrowProductions]

Stopping saying "we" can help the problem. Only believe what you have verified for yourself.

[@eurotraveler4597]

I came here after JRE and expected to find Woltemort, but instead I found a Michael Jackson voiceover Frankenstein movie.

[@rad7595]

I think this is organized insanity. 😂

[@LouC518]

Glad this guy is around.

[@lenpalmeri6228]

Is Ed Witten the Mozart, Beehtoven, and Bach of mathematical physics? I do not understand the details of their work, but I do sense & appreciate the beauty of their work.

[@johnirving3084]

He's the Michael Jordan of physics according to Eric Weinstein

[@jimbusmaximus4624]

If Elon Musk and Jeff Goldblum had a child it would be Ed Witten.

[@Gatsu_Gambino]

​@@jimbusmaximus4624 stop...

[@alexokin6819]

Hes so gay n wimsical weepli soundi dis guy is suha coward go cry to epstei i mean it braun

[@StreetMachine18]

i thought he said "time particles" and my brain broke in half

[@wdthompson1234]

This guy is the walking cure for insomnia

[@mindfulnessorganix1588]

If I feel not able to sleep ill watch this man

[@edidiongedemeka2096]

It's crazy that I might have still not known who this guy was or his significance to various scientific fields if not for Eric Weinstein on JRE