Neil deGrasse Tyson and Sean Carroll Discuss Controversies in Quantum Mechanics

[@StarTalk]

How do you think quantum mechanics might revolutionize our digital world?

[@promiseebuka9163]

One thing I love from science, and one thing I love from communication, especially when it comes to great intellectuals sharing their thoughts and their ideas, because when you're listening to this, these things are the words of power of intelligence. Being heard can be able to shape your intelligence and your smart reasoning, bringing your brain and bringing your mind, making your mind to be able to activate the metacognitive power.

[@oranpf]

From scratch? Like it did.

[@jennifergracebluett890]

Talking with ourselves and collaboration with the Future

[@jennifergracebluett890]

We can also learn a great deal about “legend” activities and things we believe entirely impossible 30 years ago not reality and utterly ridiculously probable.

[@jennifergracebluett890]

@@promiseebuka9163🎉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Brammage]

I remember when Chuck first started this journey years and years ago. He's become so literate just by hanging around experts and just being genuinely interested in the topics. I love to see it.

[@Psychoactive_Music]

Watching people learn and WANT to learn...makes me warm.

[@arltforcce6979]

I was thinking the same thing, he's garnered lots of understanding.

[@skepticusmaximus184]

​@@Psychoactive_MusicPeeing in my wetsuit does the same for me.

[@avrapal4581]

I come here to watch physics not standup. Get him off

[@scientistmansing1570]

No he is not boring. He is like the lubricant to oppose friction in our long journey. You might be the one needed to get yourself off.

[@nylonstringninja]

Sean Carroll is so awesome. What a brain. Great speaker, great thinker, great communicator. Everybody needs to check out his podcast Mindscape there is something for everybody.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

Last week with Brian Greene, I asked in the comments "Who's next? Sean Carroll?" 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@Chickston]

Love his voice too. Hits me kind of like Alan Alda.

[@KevinsDisobedience]

Yeah, Sean is the real thing. I suspect there are only a dozen public facing scientists that understand physics as deeply as he does. I was actually surprised at how little Neil seemed to know about QM and its history. I realize it’s not his field (no pun intended), but it a prerequisite to understanding The Standard Model. Anyway, the thing I really like about Sean is that he’s not sloppy in his verbal explanations the way some educators can be-Brian Greene, I’m looking at you. I’m grateful that him and Lenny have tried to elevate popular physics to include basic mathematical descriptions. After reading his Big Ideas books, you won’t be able to solve any of the equations physcists use, but I think it’s fair to say that even without a physics background, so long as you read carefully, you will have deeply internalized the very basic mathematical concepts, which paints a slightly more precise picture about how we know what we know. But it’s not a textbook, you will absolutely not be able to calculate Feynman diagrams via coupling constants. But you will know what Feynman diagrams are, and you will no longer think of particles as tiny marbles, and you’ll know why we don’t think that anymore. All of his popular books are great. He’s a very clear writer. Can’t wait for the third book on complexity and emergence.

[@promiseebuka9163]

@@nylonstringninja There are so many questions that we cannot yet answer, and we hope that quantum computers will help us solve them in the future. However, our curiosity drives us to seek more knowledge about these topics. We cannot hesitate; we must study and explore these mysteries in our current world of physics.

[@Eztoez]

@@KevinsDisobedience Perfect summary. Agree completely. Sean Carroll is one of the finest science communicators ever. I would also add WALTER LEWIN to the list. If you've never been taught by him, go check out his courses of lectures on the MIT site. They're all freely available.

[@Emilyjacksonmidwest]

Chuck is the best. He’s gained so much knowledge. I think it’s a good example of how anyone can learn this stuff as long as they are interested and pay attention.

[@blammela]

And having ng exposure to the most brilliant minds in subjects doesn’t hurt lol

[@Lobos222]

@@blammela So do you...

[@silam24]

Open mindedness too!

[@jakeman025]

⁠​⁠@@blammelaso this exposure you’re talking about is now available to everyone. There are now thousands of these exact podcasts and conversations broadcasted and recorded for everyone to watch. Not only that but all of the information is available for you to understand and research for yourself. So saying that you would like to learn or know but just don’t have the access or exposure to it is false. The fact you posted on this video proves it. You have access to the internet so pretty much any answer you want to know is achievable.

[@thatdude3977]

Learn and study are different.

[@angelviloria4966]

Sean: Do not try to see the particle. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth. Neil: What truth? Sean: There is no particle. Neil: There is no particle? Sean: Then you'll see, that it is not the particle that vibrates, it is only a wave function of the universe.

[@RonJohn63]

42 upvotes, until I ruined _THE_ answer.

[@user-du7jx8ex1e]

Sean: "Do you think that's air your breathing?"

[@BrendanBeckett]

Neil: ...if it's only a wave function, then how does it collapse into a particle state? Sean: What's really gonna bake your noodle later on is... whether the wave function collapses because of observation, or if observation itself is just another part of the wave function.

[@Villakeen]

I KNOW KUNG FU 🤪

[@Matteow00]

​@@Villakeen we taught him wrong as a joke

[@Reaktora]

I appreciate when guests explain without constant interruptions, allowing for a smooth flow of information. for the love of Information.

[@Lobos222]

Well, if anything gets in the way of that... blame quantum mechanics. :P

[@blakedawson3074]

I always look for these comments to see if others feel the same as me. I’d love to listen to an audiobook or lecture by Neil. I love Chuck’s energy and also how much he’s learned. The two of them have a great dynamic, but if they ever have a guest on besides a regular cohost… it just really bums me out how guests get needlessly interrupted so consistently. Sometimes to take turns riffing on a joke and other times just to give their 2 cents. I’m all for jokes and the casual vibe of the podcast, but even with the serious comments it distracts me. I feel like it is good to ask “can this wait until the end of the guest’s sentence?” and the answer is often “yes” but they still do it. It bums me out because I enjoy these two so much and love the podcast, but I feel like it comes off as rude or at the very least like they aren’t taking the person seriously.

[@connycontainer9459]

Might wanna read a book then. No harm intended.

[@foundingtitan7]

Haha ​@@Lobos222

[@Tekazurik]

I love how much Chuck has picked up over the years. I’m jumping back in to Star Talk after MANY years away. I listened regularly in like 2012 or so. His jokes have gotten so much smarter and he clearly is so well versed in the topic now. It really elevates the experience. Fractal joke? Come on! Chuck, you rock!

[@javierdiaz-s3702]

💯

[@popanator7759]

Chuck is nice, too!

[@MisterIncog]

Nah, he chuck, rock is the other one

[@Cathie46]

Brian Green and Sean Carroll in a month. Our minds just keep blowing up. Thank you!

[@promiseebuka9163]

One thing I love from science, and one thing I love from communication, especially when it comes to great intellectuals sharing their thoughts and their ideas, because when you're listening to this, these things are the words of power of intelligence. Being heard can be able to shape your intelligence and your smart reasoning, bringing your brain and bringing your mind, making your mind to be able to activate the metacognitive power.

[@darkerufo]

Joe Rogen, whether you like him or not, just released 2-3 hour long interviews on his yt channel with Tyson, Kaku, and Greene. Kaku's was very good, Green's was excellent, and I'm looking forward to the Tyson one. I rip them using an online convert to listen to on my phone.

[@deheroes4797]

@@darkerufo all those were old podcasts he had to reupload, so they were already there. You can find Neil's too

[@rajanthathomas6009]

My brain is literally fried after Dr. Green and Dr. Carroll on Starwalk

[@PattyCali]

Chuck should write a book on everything hes learned

[@darkerufo]

He kind of did. He wrote an hour of stand-up based around the science he'd absorbed. He mentioned it in some episode, and I'm unsure when it was or if it's readily available.

[@LordOfThePancakes]

Lol with chucks low level of iq I doubt he could even write a 1 paragraph summary of what he’s learned, let alone a book. No offense Chuck

[@mrpearson1230]

I'd buy it!

[@RAIBACH-l6l]

He should write a tell all about working with Neil. I can only imagine what it's like working with someone so easy going.

[@f4ll3nzr0]

He should startup his version of "Worlds Dumbest Criminals" he was hilarious on that show.

[@BarryKort]

The version of the Free Will anecdote, which I heard many decades ago, featured the beloved Yiddish author, Isaac Bashevis Singer. A journalist who was interviewing Singer asked him if he believed in Free Will. Singer replied, "Of course I believe in Free Will. It's not as if I have any choice in the matter."

[@Cody-yu7sb]

😅😅 thank you for sharing this quote.

[@recipoldinasty]

Yiddish? Yuck

[@sillyjellyfish2421]

One thing non-scientist people constantly forget about when it comes to observing tiny things like electrons and subatomic particles is that, since they are so tiny, observing them isn't like observing a ball being thrown through space. You can look at the ball as it flies around and it keeps fllying forward, because in order to observe it you don't have to interact with it in any destructive or damaging way. But in order to observe an electron, due to its tiny size, there's no way to repeatedly bounce photons of the same one electron to create pictures of its motion, because that same photon you used to observe it now becomes a part of it and it changes it's properties. For the detection to happen, the electron needs to be absorbed or deflected or destroyed in some way in order for the detector to get a singular blip of data. Once you do that - once you know a single quality of the observed electron at the single moment of its observation - it's original properties are unobservably gone. If you put your detector in a singular point of space, you can measure the energy of electron it has in that point in that one moment, but not its other properties for which you need to see it in motion. At the other hand, if you set your experiment to observe electrons in motion, guided or deflected by magnetic fields for example, once they pass through that carefuly set up area of space, they are free to go anywhere in any way. There's no way to measure these particles in a way that doesn't influences them. So our limitation here is the same as it is for a blind and deaf person who is trying to figure out how flying golf balls work. They could have one ball in hand and learn its properties by touch, but know nothing about other balls flying around them and where they come from, or they can be hit by the ball and know the direction and energy that one ball had at the moment of impact, but not where it went after or what its surface felt like.

[@jordan0123456789mike]

This is a classical description of uncertainty, quantum says it's deeper than that - fundamentally, even if you could measure its position and momentum with 0 interaction between detector and particle, there is still going to be a variance of order ihbar. Position and momentum are fundamentally incompatible. Why? I have no clue but that's the theory that seems to make the right predictions.

[@odinata]

"Entropy: can you do anything about that?" "I can increase it." Lol

[@jean-philipebouvier6932]

"Well we could've done that without you!"

[@frankmaclow2709]

"I just cleaned my room" Entropy : "hold my beer"

[@erwind917]

@@jean-philipebouvier6932Not as well without him than as with him.

[@bartekgorniak5758]

I hope we would do something more, but that would mean time travel into past. However Mr. Neil De Grasse once said it is possible for time to travel past, its when 2 black holes collide. It change nothing for us, buts its funny :))

[@israelsadovnik]

Entropy is a hidden energy that disrupts equilibrium state of system. . . . "Entropy is only a shadow of energy."/Wilhelm Ostwald. Nobel Prize in 1909/

[@ryanbaker7404]

Sean Carroll is the most articulate ambassador of QM/QFT alive today. I'm privileged to have shared some time and Hilbert Space (TM) with this man.

[@Valdagast]

Although if he's right there are dark corners of the Hilbert Space where he does not become a physicist at all. Presumably.

[@koalanectar9382]

The conundrum of course is that you have to understand it better than he does to make such a declaration

[@kellymoses8566]

He is one of the biggest public proponents of the many worlds interpretation.

[@mikefoster6018]

Sean Carroll's Mindscape podcast is superb, with him speaking to a different academic each episode on good mindbending things.

[@peewee0224]

Discovered him falling asleep while listening to star talk then all of the sudden I wake up to this golden voice talking about quantum entanglement lol

[@ghost9-9ghost]

The only thing I hate is the music...haha....as a semi-musician, his podcast music drives me bananas....

[@LibreGlider]

Never knew this pod existed. Thank you for sharing!!

[@MEATQUEST]

Sean Carroll needs to be cherished and protected at all costs. This man has always inspired me to learn and the way he communicates science is just beautiful.

[@briano9397]

As a proud Pete Carroll protector and cherisher. I will include Sean into my Carroll care program.

[@mmceorange]

That. Was. Phenomenal. Sean's way of describing these concepts is so effective. And seeing the lightbulb turn on for Chuck is always entertaining. Looking forward to his next visit

[@tuckerrogerd]

I love the science. My life is enriched by having a layman's understanding of the concepts, evidence, and more importantly the mindset. But does anyone else come here to watch Chuck?

[@josephshawa]

You're right, but it works somehow. The smart the smarter and the guest.

[@jamesduncan578]

Chuck helps me to think that I can understand the topic also, and he is good for a laugh or two.

[@john_blues]

Chuck is us.

[@kashmirha]

Chuck is the funniest comedian who looks like realy understand these things, and has an absolute fantastic humor. Love this guy. But then I love Neil and Sean too. What an episode!!!

[@a.N.....]

Nope I'm here for the science, Chuck is a side show.

[@freelikeyve]

The blunt is lit 😶‍🌫️

[@Tornado47lory98GamingFun]

Bro 😂

[@NikOlas-kf1bz]

Bro I'm with a blunt right now 😂 and it's really lit

[@captaingraybeard]

Puff puff pass

[@nBasedAce]

I got some Mega Runtz lit.

[@bethgoldman2560]

This is a subject that requires some pregaming to handle it.

[@euromicelli5970]

I’ve heard the opposite version of the speeding Heisenberg joke. The cop pulls him over and says, “Do you realize you were going 60 MPH in a 40 MPH zone?” He flustered and replied: “Darn! Now I have no idea where I am.”

[@jeffuyyek5821]

In another version Schrodinger's in the car with Heisenberg. The cop tells them to get out of the car and checks the trunk. He asks them "Do you know there's a dead cat in the trunk?" To which Schrödinger replies "Well now I do."

[@bobdole4eva1]

@@jeffuyyek5821 In another version, Ohm is in the back seat, and after the cop finds the dead cat, he decides to arrest them, but Ohm resists

[@Fccluduslitterarius9441]

😂😂😂😂🎉

[@SiqueScarface]

@@bobdole4eva1 That's like Blaise Pascal, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein playing Hide-and-Seek. Einstein counts to 10, and Isaac Newton just stands there and draws an 1 m² square around him. Einstein has finished counting, and sees Newton, but Newton says: Look closer! I am Pascal!

[@itsjudemydude]

@@bobdole4eva1 The officer says "Are you going to come quietly?" to which Descartes, sitting next to Ohm, replies "I think not," and promptly vanishes into thin air.

[@foundingtitan7]

This was such a cool video. First time seeing Sean Caroll with Neil and love the way he speaks. Neil and Chuck are just amazing as usual.

[@SpaceNImmunology]

"All the light in the room is constantly measuring you and localizing you." Mind BLOWN!

[@benjamink7105]

I highly recommend the Mindscape podcast. Start with one of the AMAs. It's 3 to 4 hours of Sean and his big brain answering our dumb questions! (they are actually very good questions, "dumb" is relative!

[@keatonb1zarr0]

Sean Carroll, Brian Greene, Jana Levin, Charles Liu = always a good time.

[@estellescholtz5619]

And the marvellous Al-Khalili

[@patbl61]

@@estellescholtz5619love him

[@victorrutledge257]

my wife tells me that quantum superposition is too weird to be reality. So I asked her "What then, is reality?" She responded, "Look around you"... but I live in Texas, and so that didn't work.

[@dustynmiller2497]

Hard truth

[@markedly1013]

Funny.

[@sasshiro]

Bro, DFW here, we definitely live in a bubble, folks around here can’t see beyond it.

[@MINORITYREPORTMEDIA]

Beautiful lol

[@ir0nmarshmallow85]

@@sasshiro LA chiming in. Our bubble is more of a giant thunderdome.

[@Bad666Moon]

Sean Carroll is by far my favorite physicist alive. His videos, books and podcasts are what took my interest in physics from a curiosity to a career choice that I’m actively pursuing.

[@dougnulton]

Brian Greene and Sean Carroll; my two faves in the same month! LFG!!!

[@MyLowK22]

I love the way Sean breaks everything down. Y'alls convos are always great 👍

[@OfentseMwaseFilms]

I'm not happy with the length of this podcast, why is it short?

[@justayoutuber1906]

They are trying to force you into paying for it

[@mykeljmoney]

Would’ve happily enjoyed if it was at 1.5hrs 😂

[@pedroalejandro1122]

I wouldn’t mind it so much if they didn’t jump to so many different subjects but we’re only getting like 10 minutes of discussion per idea.

[@anewman]

@@justayoutuber1906 wrong, he said there is a bonus discussion but those are about 3-5 minutes. the podcasts ends abruptly because of a technical glitch there was only 1 minute remaining

[@sonjeow]

This episode scratched every itch I had on these topics. I always find myself shouting questions at the TV when these topics come up and I think every one of them was asked and answered during this episode. I guarantee I'll be responsible for a couple hundred views on this video alone.

[@kane_of_light]

so grateful for Chuck on the show, it never fails, like clockwork. I'm having trouble understanding a concept, and Chuck asks the exact question on my mind. Also, professional level comedic timing.

[@IvanTheGreat15]

Chuck is really becoming a true scientist! There's something very exciting about the way he understands things, and to what level! 🎉

[@Flysimware]

That intro was so good I am on the edge of my seat and feel like a kid watching Saturday morning cartoons. Hopefully I am also in this World!

[@markedly1013]

You are, I think.

[@tommydaniels1805]

@@markedly1013I think; therefore you are!

[@willbrink]

Wonderful discussion with Dr Carroll here. More people need to understand how fascination such high level science can be.

[@promiseebuka9163]

One thing I love from science, and one thing I love from communication, especially when it comes to great intellectuals sharing their thoughts and their ideas, because when you're listening to this, these things are the words of power of intelligence. Being heard can be able to shape your intelligence and your smart reasoning, bringing your brain and bringing your mind, making your mind to be able to activate the metacognitive power.

[@xpndblhero5170]

Now this is a conversation I've been waiting for for a long, long time..... Edit: 19:32 - They're going up there to test non-direct contact through entangled particles... They're closer than we know.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

Me too, and I asked in the comments of the talk with Brian Greene who would be next, Sean Carroll? SO imagine my surprise

[@xpndblhero5170]

​@@paulmichaelfreedman8334- Nice... I love when Neil has on guests like this because it's always a source of something that will blow your mind, and this one didn't disappoint. 👏👏

[@stateofmind2668]

How ... would that work ? lol. What does the far side of the moon have to do with this non-direct contact????

[@jameshughes6078]

...why wouldn't they just take a flight around the world? Or put a sheet of paper between the entangled particles? Unless you left out some significant context your statement doesn't make any sense

[@stateofmind2668]

@@jameshughes6078 oath and all these people liking it with zero clue what is being said. Kinda like 99% of JP fan base.

[@michaelkahama3459]

This video has just warmed my heart. I remember last year Sean Carroll was around to discuss the Patreon questions from his home and I found a home in him. Regular Mindscape podcast. My KZbin algorithms is pure Sean Carroll videos, my KZbin downloads is Sean Carroll. The bayesian reasoning helps my legal career because my industry is one for arguments and just like the LAWS of physics are LAWS, I practice LAW but an emergent imaginary law to solve legal problems. Sean is the GOAT

[@mrmega54]

00:16:10 Neil throwing that subliminal quantum physicist shade on sean with a Mark Twain refrence, the face of Sean got me weak! 💀

[@eugenechambers3403]

l love the comedic Value Chuck brings to the conversation

[@OnePanda707]

Thank you so much Neil for everything you have ever done! I been watching you since I was a little, I’m 36 years now , thank you for you!

[@javierdiaz-s3702]

👏👏👏

[@jcjammer8972]

Neil and Chuck: this chap is one of your best guests ever on quantum mechanics. He maked complicated issues understandable to me.

[@royfeely7145]

Thank you for this presentation. I look forward to you releasing a version in English, I’m sure I would understand that.

[@hangryjohnny]

This episode needed to be longer. :D It's okay about the missing minute. Technical snafus happen. I was just so sucked into this discussion I didn't want to be let go by it's wave function.

[@hangryjohnny]

I feel like I'm not entangled with it now. I bumped into the next video. And my state has changed.

[@georgerevell5643]

Sean Carroll is such a genius, and so under appreciated.

[@billybaroo8127]

Appreciate this show. Much love.

[@manuelluben9112]

I love all your videos..!! Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦 and Honduras 🇭🇳

[@WingNFang]

Seeing Chuck put things together is the best part of this show. He really knows a lot now

[@terryjwood]

I'd love to hear Neil and Sabine Hossenfelder should discuss super determinism.

[@UHFStation1]

Yes

[@Attila_Beregi]

ah my 2 favorites in one episode! awesome

[@MayorMcC666]

Sean Caroll has spent days of podcasting on ironing this out. he is a beast

[@boogieman6529]

That hurts his research status

[@Fish_Paste2222]

I love StarTalk! Thanks for another amazing episode!

[@fritzfelole]

Sean Carroll is just pure genius. I really enjoyed hearing this conversation.

[@rubenarth]

Awesome talk. Love Sean Carroll, he truly wants you to understand. 💙 He doesn't try to confuse you with too many words saying nothing. Man I love Chuck and Neil's chemistry 😄

[@Nancy-g2o]

Quantum mechanics is a bit mind boggling. At the moment, it is where I was with black holes 40 years ago. Another observation. Chuck is a great comedian and adds a lot to the podcasts. He's pretty smart too.

[@doesitholdup]

Sean Carroll and Brian Greene are the only S-tier guests. Others are great, but these guys are truly a league above. Highly recommend their books, too, their pop-sci ones are very accessible and engaging. The audio versions are narrated by the authors themselves, too!

[@silvershadow013]

What about our geek in chief? Charles Liu

[@doesitholdup]

@@silvershadow013 He’s on so often I almost consider him a regular contributor lol but he’s 100% in the Mount Rushmore of StarTalk as well.

[@gatorlt]

Neil deGrasse Tyson is my favorite scientist, i just love how he can simplify and present information. I wish that one day i might meet him.

[@User4567u8]

I dont think he does science anymore, isnt he a science communicator now

[@Pyriold]

@@User4567u8 You have to be a scientist to be a good communicator. What you mean maybe is that he is probably not a researcher if he has ever been (i have no idea about that).

[@deheroes4797]

@@Pyriold yea he used to be a research scientist and published many peer reviewed papers. His last publish was in 2008, but he still co published with others afterwards

[@UltraVibePleasure2K]

This is my favorite startalk episode yet.

[@dhavalbparikh]

A refreshing take on such a theory-heavy topic, I like how Tyson keeps his childlike curiosity through the podcast.

[@mgordon1964]

Great interview with Alan Alda

[@andywest5773]

Glad I wasn't the only one who noticed it.

[@ToTheWolves]

Omg Ty!!!!! I couldn’t figure it out!!!!! Fuxxing Alan Alda!!

[@warrenquinn2542]

and every now and then, Ed Helms joined in

[@James-bv4rs]

I really enjoy Startalk because of all the interesting people featured. When you add Chuck Nice it is a total bonus. You all really enjoy doing the show.

[@haroldfloyd5518]

I love both these guys’ podcasts (I listen more the Sean’s) but together - wow! Measurably better than either alone. Like Chuck, my mind was pretty much decohered at several points.

[@michaelharder3055]

Chuck is amazing compared to a year ago. Relevant great questions and ideas!

[@Monsux]

I was going to watch Bad Boys: Ride Or Die, but instead keep watching Bad Boys: Science Never Die.

[@Azrael8]

That thumbnail had me thinking Tony Hawk was on the show 😅😂

[@danielcox3983]

"The smallest thing can be the biggest idea..." Wish my ex woulda thought that

[@jondor654]

Be consoled , such a tragic lack of imagination on the other's part is not our doing .

[@paulsholar9356]

As Richard Feynman once wrote, "there's plenty of room at the bottom."

[@nanabeniako]

😂😂

[@andremontagnoli7038]

As I’m watching this video I’m looking at an alloy specimen through a scanning electron microscope. Without electrons I would not be able to see the beautiful features and different phases in this specimen. But understanding what an electron really is is a whole different story. Great discussing!

[@VikDeeJayMusic]

Everything is so complicated for an average person but the way you guys present it make me feel like i understand it Thank you for existing !

[@User4567u8]

Underrated podcast

[@CompleteProducer84]

Sean is my all-time fav physicist

[@promiseebuka9163]

His my uncle

[@promiseebuka9163]

One thing I love from science, and one thing I love from communication, especially when it comes to great intellectuals sharing their thoughts and their ideas, because when you're listening to this, these things are the words of power of intelligence. Being heard can be able to shape your intelligence and your smart reasoning, bringing your brain and bringing your mind, making your mind to be able to activate the metacognitive power.

[@nothingserious1346]

I've been waiting for this 🔥

[@kanishkaveediyabandara3028]

Man, what a delight! I am so glad to be alive for this show! Keep 'em coming guys!

[@paulz5301]

The way Sean Carroll can break down physics concepts is just awesome!

[@KR-jn2yc]

32:08 best moment

[@javierdiaz-s3702]

💯

[@TheGiggleMasterP]

You ever wake up and it feels like a different life than you went to sleep in?

[@RodriguezCarlitos-hd7ti]

Yes, a few times

[@damyr]

No.

[@ramirogarcia197]

Not really.

[@VV_1989]

Only every morning 😅

[@Christopher._M]

A few times

[@wiltaylor]

Funnily enough in an alternate universe or I think "The curious cases of Rutherford and Fry(another great science program) I heard: A cop pulls Heisenberg over and says do you know you were going 90 miles an hour sir and Heisenberg says Damn! Now I'm lost.

[@grymaldus40k41]

I listen to that on the way home from work.

[@GameNTradePh]

you know why i love this cannel is that it makes me laugh, focus, sleep, awake, confused, curious and more superpositionally😂

[@d.g.1986]

Im convinced that I died in an alternate timeline 10 years ago and my conciousnous instantly transfered to the current timeline I (we?) are currently experiencing. I felt that way well before I started looking into, studying/ learning about things like this and the more I learn, the stronger my belief grows...

[@johnboston3812]

I’ve had a similar situation, I’ve told my gf many times I believed I have died maybe 3 times by now. And I just wake up from those instances obviously recovering and go back to life. But that split in reality is a small cross in the many worlds theory

[@filipvidinovski7960]

12:23 "It's your personal truth."

[@uriituw]

🤮

[@dyland7350]

Chuds unite

[@DavidHodge-z9v]

There's a world out there where Neil believes 1x1=2 and contacts Terrance for help only to get told what Neil said in this world.

[@exploringnewterritories7521]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@alinanisilomba]

😂😂😂😂You are so Real for this

[@stephenholmgren405]

Just imagine if Neil and Sean were writers on a new Star Trek series

[@friedpicklezzz]

The most interesting episode I’ve watched so far and a remarkably simple explanation of very complex concepts.

[@pink3340]

Loved this ...and lots was explained so well...however, we talk about the wave of an electron...but my feeling is the free electron...how does it play in the scheme of it all?...

[@zerokool-13-0]

18:00 Forgot the second part of the joke😂. Officer: you were going 10 miles over the speed limit Heisenberg: Oh great! now I’m lost

[@feynmanschwingere_mc2270]

Neil, I love you, I really do, and I understand the desire to keep it light and conversational with mirth and comedic relief (Chuck Nice is legit funny). But PLEASE stop interrupting your guests when they're speaking, ESPECIALLY when they're in the middle of an interesting insight. Neil isn't the only one guilty of this, TONS of science podcasters do this and it really irks me because it knocks the guest off his/her train of thought and sometimes leads to tangents that don't resolve whatever the original question was. Just a small criticism. Some podcasts Neil doesn't do this much and the flow is excellent (e.g. Brian Greene), others (like this one with Sean Carroll), he does it enough that it's noticeable. Sean Carroll is a great guest and one of the FEW science communicators who's also pretty well versed in philosophy which makes his insights far more multifaceted than most physicists. Love the show, but let them speak uninterrupted please!

[@flyingaxeman7343]

When Chuck said "the math works , alright johnson?" I almost spit my coffee out my nose.

[@JamesEtallaz]

This format with other scientists, or philosophers, is much more educational that the common format of questions from patreons.

[@myopenmind527]

Love to listen to conversations like this. Wish they would go a little deeper rather than going over physics which has been well laid out previously.

[@angaatkeeda7971]

I'm an engineer and a bunch of physicists just challenged me to make a quantum entangled fiber optic network.. Watch me bend your laws now...

[@jnellie1970]

Lots of brainpower going on…

[@promiseebuka9163]

One thing I love from science, and one thing I love from communication, especially when it comes to great intellectuals sharing their thoughts and their ideas, because when you're listening to this, these things are the words of power of intelligence. Being heard can be able to shape your intelligence and your smart reasoning, bringing your brain and bringing your mind, making your mind to be able to activate the metacognitive power.

[@grafzhl]

Amazing episode, Sean Carroll has to be one of my favorite thinkers. I'm still dreaming of him, Joscha Bach and Daniel Schmachtenberger all in one conversation, for the ultimate intellectual stimulus.

[@bnjm8868]

Thank you Sean for humanely adjusting the description of the position of the Shroëdinger cat analogy. 😊

[@arthuaful]

I used to compare 'superposition' with the 'downward facing dog' posture (of dogs, not the yoga thing). If dogs are in this particular position, they are both ready to go and ready to chill at the same time, and also, the body's appearance is comparable to a wave function. 🤝

[@nathanmorrow2584]

SOMEBODY please appreciate the Schrodinger's answer at 3:49. The BEST answer-Body language combo possible from a many worlds rep.

[@thomassoliton1482]

Thank you Sean for clearing up the Mind / Body problem. Since we were children playing with blocks, we see the world in terms of “solid” objects (cars, brains) versus mental events - feelings, visions, thoughts and ideas. The fact is that viewpoint is just a “matter” of perspective. The electron is represented by a wave equation - a probability distribution of finding it somewhere in space, of describing the distribution of the energy associated with it. In the case of an idea or thought, the picture is more complex but fundamentally similar. A thought is a dynamic pattern of electrochemical energy in our brains, associated with action potentials, release of chemicals from one neuron to another, and so on, and that are in some cases “embedded in our brains” to allow us to recognize your Mother, your car, these words. Both are ephemeral; you can’t pin either one down. This IMO is the basis of the mystical experience.

[@Try_Gratitude.123]

I'd love for you to have Cal Tech's Chuck Steidel, MacAuthor, fellowship winner in astronomy. When we last spoke, he was looking at the furthers edges of the known galaxy. It would be a fascinating discussion.

[@dazzlingzebra]

This kind of talk makes my brain happy 🧠☺️🤯 Amazing minds plus witty comedic relief from Chuck!

[@tommyroche9142]

Just at the beginning of the video, but from the title I already know it's going to be a mind spinner. I had the opportunity to ask a famous theoretical physicist a question, which was "Quantum physics is so difficult to wrap my head around. Could you give a brief explanation that would help me understand, or at least begin to understand ?" He replied "If someone tells you they understand quantum physics and tries to explain it to you, walk away, they are wasting your time and will leave you more confused than you were to begin with". He then told me some of the 'oddities' involved after which I now fully believe that the human brain is not capable of fully understanding it.

[@_TheDeanMachine]

Absolutely fantastic episode, bring him back

[@lotterwinner6474]

I wish there was a world where I could observe the three of you talk for days at a time.

[@max_mittler]

36:45 Okay, this part is a little confusing to me unless I have a different perspective on spacetime than them. When we observe the background radiation, we are not necessarily detecting what is far away in space, we are observing what is far away in time. That which we see does not "exist" 14b lightyears away, the part that we observe only "exists" within the telescope/detection equipment of earth. The location in spacetime when it actually occurred, the universe was much smaller and differently shaped in "space", so it would make a lot more sense for it to be all one temperature when its theoretically in a "space" that's smaller than an atom (or whatever the claim is).

[@scottfindley1345]

Chuck's reaction in the cold open is absolutely hysterical, i LOLed, cant lie! great crew fascinating topic - what more do you want, people?? top notch!

[@TimothyParker1]

Loved this with Sean! Great discussion. Entertaining too.