Physics & Philosophy with Sean Carroll & Neil deGrasse Tyson

Why is the past different from the future? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore the universe’s deepest questions like why is there anything, how we know we are in the real present, if there could be a unified theory of physics and more with theoretical physicist Sean Carroll.
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Why mix philosophy and science? We break down the history of philosophy, “natural philosophy,” and their connection to science. We dive into why it's important for scientists to ask these big philosophical questions. Learn what quantum entanglement is, its importance, and “the many worlds hypothesis.”
What if the Big Bang wasn’t the beginning and the universe was infinitely old? We explore entropy and the possibility of an infinite universe. Does a finely tuned universe imply the existence of a god? We discuss scientific arguments for the existence of God and whether a god would be beholden to the laws of physics.
Why is there something rather than nothing? Neil and Sean debate the inherent properties of space and the definition of nothing. What does the present even mean if everything we do to interact with the world has a time delay? And finally, are we still chasing a unified theory of physics?
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00:00 - Introduction: Sean Carroll
3:20 - What is Natural Philosophy?
7:33 - Explaining Quantum Entanglement
9:44 - The Many Worlds Hypothesis
14:46 - Entropy & Why is the Past Different Than The Future?
21:00 - Scientific Arguements For The Existence of God
27:18 - Do Voids in Cosmic Web Violate Cosmolocal Principle?
30:28 - Why is There Something Rather Than Nothing?
36:31 - How Do We Know We Are In The Real Present?
43:22 - Are We Still Chasing a Unified Theory of Physics?

[@StarTalk]

Do you believe we're in the real present and that it is distinct from the past and future? Why or why not?

[@thelyrebird1310]

We could indeed "exist" in the real present, depending upon what you define as exist. Seriously, chuck needs to be given an official doctorate in philosophy. His summation on the time and entropy observations was brilliant, you could see look on his face change as the concept snapped into place. Loved Neil and Sean's reaction as well as chuck went deeper and they knew he got it.😊

[@roxylindholm5179]

If some neo nazis coming after me, I‘d better assume this is the real present in order to have a chance to save my live. Maybe the fundamental fabric of space time is like a video tape on which our reality is like a movie recorded on it. We the protagonists of our movie have to follow the script and go by its rules. This is the fourth wall, we cannot break.

[@Dawn_Aramoana63]

Yes, yes, and yes. Because I am Māori.

[@Kenneth-ts7bp]

@@thelyrebird1310 I foresee a mutiny in the Startalk spaceship.

[@1013fly]

I like the eternalist view really. I think there are many worlds and just as many possible pasts as possible futures. I do think that the present is where you are, at least consciously. However I think the present is very relative considering we already know our perceptions are delayed and not even immediately directly connected to our senses.

[@dmd7472]

When I watch political shows I find my blood pressure goes up and I’m angry and fearful. Watching startalk is like a healing calming balm

[@f0xh0nd51]

I feel that! ✊🏼 self care for the win!

[@nick_john]

Who told you to put the balm on?

[@foley1family]

@@nick_johnRobert Sapolsky.

[@charlottebloebaum5719]

Same here - ❤

[@oliviabjerke1]

Sean Carroll! Brilliant!

[@notation254]

Sean Carroll is the best. These are the episodes I keep coming back for.

[@RLekhy]

Don't be so overwhelmed. otherwise you will follow dogma or personality cult. I call him intelligent but prejudiced towards the East.

[@loganmiller4919]

@@RLekhyprejudice towards the East 🤨 he’s literally a philosopher 😐 his occupation straight up wouldn’t exist had the Eastern world not “evolved” the way it did… so Prejudice, no. Scrutinizing of the East, maybe. But most certainly not prejudice.

[@RLekhy]

@@loganmiller4919 Another sheep to defend him ... East didn't evolve.. only ignorant racist can write.

[@firstnameIastname]

Chuck is such the perfect co-host for Neil, he asks really "smart-dumb questions", can interpret things that a normal person does & express it that way, he's hilarious, & so blunt sometimes lol. Love this whole show guys thank you for all the information & education

[@thirdrd0]

Chuck is terrible at being a layman translator. He misunderstands the point constantly, runs WAY too far with his comments, to the point where Sean could only say "yes, it's sort of like that", because correcting him would take half of the episode. He's interrupting the guest before they made their point, overall disaster of a host. All he needs to do is wait for the guest to finish talking and ask one simple question. I stopped listening to this podcast years ago because of him.

[@firstnameIastname]

@@thirdrd0 I can understand that point of view, there are times I think he goes on a bit long, has some jokes that whiff, but it's a subjective thing. I think with someone like Neil, having someone who's kind of on the opposite personality end or a very different type can be complimentary on a podcast like this. Some don't think so I guess, that's cool too

[@LuLU-ep7wf]

@@thirdrd0 i agree with you100%

[@amaellio1131]

@@firstnameIastname Chuck?

[@JimStanfield-zo2pz]

I dont think so. He's annoying. Talks to much and is way out of his league when it comes to the topic. Tyson literally gave him the job just because black. He wanted I guess a white toast black comedian on the show. Someone that doesn't ruffle feathers but laughs at his own jokes

[@Atmanyatri]

Chuck’s mind blew just like mine in this episode, I didn’t want this video to end, it’s too short we need part2 please

[@projectembrace]

Chucks mind blows every few episodes and i just need a highlight reel of these!! 😭😭😭

[@billymanilli]

Even Neil's mind blew @ 39:55! ...and it made me LMAO!!

[@retired5218]

Love Sean Carroll & his KZbin lectures and podcasts.

[@iy3165]

Correct, having Sean Carrol on StarTalk is a great idea.

[@thesuncollective1475]

Is he related to Lewis Carroll by any chance

[@beekaa5]

1st time seeing Sean Carrol. What a great explainer. good questions, but really satisfing answers. Thanks Neil, dr Haha for having him! gr from holland

[@jasongarcia2140]

Me too.

[@rayagoldendropofsun397]

Sean Carroll expert in physics, says Degrass, so, Sean can U follow through in your search for Factual Science, and physically connect Newton's Gravity and Einstein's Space Bending with Physical Matter ? Math without a physical Marriage with Matter is as useless as Degrass comical lip service, then, some laughter is a good thing 😂

[@LiminalMan777]

It’s been a minute since I’ve watched Star Talk, what an episode to hop back on too

[@FacesintheStone]

I’m pretty hooked, it’s a daily for me. This and believe it or not Dr. Phil’s podcast 😅 the last one about time in space was super cool. I’m really digging how we don’t know the size of an electron, and that anything moving at the speed of light has no weight,,, or is it mass? I think the former ❤

[@ElvisRosario00]

I’m jealous you got a lot to watch, I watched them all 🤟🏽

[@IssoufBa42]

Me too Gotta catch up

[@frankwestphal8532]

Startalk is like a warm blanket I curl up with at the end of the day. But I learn things from the blanket too. Thank you guys!

[@ericgoldin4600]

On psychedelics I have noticed the brain will sometimes throw in a image of flock of birds flying by (that aren't actually flying by) as like a function of normallacy, as if to say "just a regular day blue sky birds flying." But then the birds disappear into thin air, and you realize there were no birds, the brain just added it as background noise to make you feel safe/comfortable or as if all is normal.... I wonder how many times our brains do this sober (if ever)? There could be a number of situations where your brain adds small details that aren't actually there, just as way to fill in the gaps and make you feel more comfortable.

[@SawYouDie]

Have you come across Andrew R. Gallimore

[@rockyraccoonhendrix1733]

If that’s the case, then every observation in science is subject to be wrong.

[@SawYouDie]

@@rockyraccoonhendrix1733 that’s basically why physicists are saying “space time is doomed” i find this divulging galvanizing

[@Bob-of-Zoid]

Chuck was on a roll today!! He's freaking me out man!!!

[@kaushalissocial]

Chuck is the real MVP of this entire show. He represents all of us brilliantly !!

[@franzwilde89]

Totally!

[@DonBean-ej4ou]

13:53 he blew Sean's eardrums, watch him jump.

[@calabrais]

This show is perfect with just neil and chuck, it doesn't need annyone else. Most guests feel like they're on the chuck and neil show, however sean is the only one who feels like he's a part of the show.

[@KyleSmith-qt9sg]

This was so enjoyable. Make a multiple part series with these three please.

[@jimkane7162]

We want Sean more often here

[@victorliendo2010]

Sean Carrol is one of the bests.Liked so much the segment when he talks about the universe being possibly endless, entropy, the arrow of time, and also when he talks about the fine tuned argument as the best (or a bad one) argument to sustain gods existence

[@Dawn_Aramoana63]

Sean Carroll's lectures are engrossing. Awesome physicist 👍

[@yajy4501]

Sean Carroll is one of the best! I wish more scientists were interested in philosophy

[@oscarmedina1303]

Chuck said it perfectly!!! Would love to see a Part 2.

[@EVPaddy]

The ‘manifestation’ of the state is not that strange as it seems. What does ‘measure’ mean? There’s no way to ‘measure’ what a quantum particle does without influencing it. If you hit it with a photon to see it, you’re manipulating it. If you use an electron, it’s the same. etc. There’s no way of ‘looking at it’ without influencing it.

[@OedipusSimplex]

@@EVPaddy What about telescopes?

[@EVPaddy]

@@OedipusSimplex you'd still need a photon that was reflected by the particle (don't think that's possible though, it could rather emit one). The point is, you can't measure anything about the particle without interacting with it, thus changing it. We're just not used to particles so small so it sounds strange at first.

[@edvinboskovic9963]

This episode was absolutely fantastic. So many interesting topics and well handled in 46 minutes. Also questions from viewers at the end, more than good

[@publiusrunesteffensen5276]

Sean Carroll is one of the most prominent and qualified intellectuals of today.

[@ArtyMerchant]

Sean presented an example where the sight of a basketball bouncing and the sound are kept in sync by our brain. Until it gets far enough outside of our brains capacity to correct that it just instantly desyncs. That is amazing. We really are viewing reality subjectively to a certain extent.

[@EinsteinsHair]

@@ConontheBinarian At the end of one of his TV programs, science fiction author, Arthur C. Clarke, told the story of watching an airplane spiraling towards a certain crash. Just as it reached the ground he saw the pilot step out and walk away. He knew this was impossible, but it seemed as real to him as any other memory.

[@InnerLuminosity]

Self simulation 😁

[@ezsparky]

I love Sean Carroll & his KZbin lectures, podcasts and his books. Love Neil, Chuck and their StarTalk videos too.

[@chueygarcia1365]

Oh my, thank you guys so much! You open my mind to think in ways that are unimaginable to me. This truly is a service to the public, and I appreciate all your time and effort to share your knowledge with us. I definitely will support and contribute to these podcasts because I feel it's so important that the public has access to this great information. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@KeelanJon]

I'm always glad Neil is there to be a realist and note the issues with these outdated religious beliefs, and I must say Sean Carroll was amazing, great episode!

[@zpear1]

I shouldn’t have started my day with this episode. Now my brain is melted.

[@TheRabbitRonin]

20:33 The look on Dr. Neil deGrasse face is like that of a father or professor proud of their kid/student understanding something haha

[@kariannecrysler640]

When you think there’s nothing left to learn, you should know you’re wrong lol. ✌️💗

[@ShonMardani]

There is not much to learn. They have been repeating same junk for years, just recently the fact that they are all wrong is mentioned at the start.

[@kariannecrysler640]

@@ShonMardani in all the vastness of existence, are you certain your comment is accurate?

[@ShonMardani]

NOTHING is a theory I developed and was stolen by fake scientist, they do not understand it, here is the my hypothesis: GOD created NOTHING in space. The adjacent space moved to fill in the NOTHING, by doing that it creates its own NOTHING. The speed of the space movement into NOTHINGs results in the creation of new NOTHINGs and manifests itself as the Fundamental Particle and the Unifying Theory of CREATION of EVERYTHING. The quantity and the direction of the cyclic movement of GP are observed as Weight, Electromagnetism, Temperature and Color. Shon Mardani

[@zeus5793]

All I can say is, 'Outstanding'. Thanks

[@LaoZi2023]

Brilliant conversation! Chuck is always fantastic, love Neil, and really appreciate Sean's knowledge in this field.

[@anthonycraig274]

I haven’t watched cosmic queries for ages. Sean Carroll pulled me in for this one.

[@HarryNicNicholas]

sean carroll's mindscape podcast is the best, he has had such interesting guests talking on such interesting and diverse topics, unbeatable.

[@rwm1980]

Chuck looks like a youngster

[@ThatGuyMandooo]

Chuck's comment at 37:21 proves he is a genius in his own right. Thank you Chuck!

[@djcmission]

I once took a philosophy course called "Foundations of Scientific Thought." Once I understood the term "teleological," I decided everything is over my head. Good show, guys, maybe the best I have observed from here. Thanks!

[@kevindawe1019]

Highly informative and hugely enjoyable! Great trio!

[@phizicks]

I'm amazed how Chuck is actually getting it more and more over the years. lol. then he spins out when he realizes he knows.

[@ludviglidstrom6924]

His conversation with Slavoj Zizek is probably the weirdest thing to have ever been shown on KZbin. Highly recommend it!

[@orraklbenedict1832]

Probably one of my favorite episodes of Star Talk

[@nilo70]

I always love these ! I know I will be Educated and Entertained . Thank you 😊

[@YordkarYordkar]

I love Dr Sean Carroll ❤.. saw this guy first on Morgan Freeman “Through the Wormhole” and loved him ever since. Then I remember him debating and refuting William Craig. Major probs to Dr Sean Carroll

[@mnpa6154]

I could listen to Sean Carroll talk about nature for hours and hours and hours on end.

[@eugenesokol3918]

Excellent talk! This is the stuff I soak up like a sponge. I definitely don't understand it all but find topics like this a joy to contemplate.

[@craiglowensen5468]

Wow! Great episode. One of my favorites ever. Still blown away by episodic big bangs in empty parts of the universe due quantum fluctuation--virtual particles and quantum foam. Mind is still processing this. Fascinating, really! Count me in on Part II with Sean.

[@iDoit4LoLz]

I love Neil being able to allow theology to be an argument without completely dismissing the idea. He asks questions rather than gives his opinion on rebuttals. This is how you learn from others, whether you agree with everything they say or not. I also think in his heart, he knows that there is some form of intelligent design and is able to appreciate that being the logical mind he is.

[@LuckyVoodoo1]

We need part 2 and 3, next week

[@BarryZuckercorn1212]

Chuck, I truly appreciate the emotion you show when you get things. I swear I saw tears in your eyes. It's awesome.

[@Bradgilliswhammyman]

Sean Carrol, was hoping one day you would have him on the air. Sean Carrol is one of the most erudite and understandable science popularizers.

[@twonumber22]

It's not his first time.

[@kennethc2466]

Agreed, yet the 'many worlds' tripe is pure religion.

[@twonumber22]

@@kennethc2466 Not even close.

[@kennethc2466]

@@twonumber22You seem to defend a hypothesis very strongly. Kinda like a zealot. You seem very sure an UNTESTABLE hypothesis, shared by many whom BELIEVE IN IT, is not a religion, but IS when 'many worlds' is exchanged for 'heaven'. 'heaven'=untestable, unfalsifiable. 'many worlds interpretation'=untestable, unfalsifiable. Thanks for demonstrating my point, and your zeal.

[@twonumber22]

@@kennethc2466 Your argument was nothing but a strawman and a false equivalence. Good stuff.

[@missoula2213]

Chuck is a national treasure.

[@Scientifically-Thinking]

Watching the chemistry between the three of you was so engaging. It has a different tone that I absolutely love.

[@jonathon5075]

Sean is the best. Thanks for having him on

[@oaguilera81]

What an amazing episode. It was dense, but the sense of humor from the three, made it more down to earth

[@MoonCat49]

Star Talk videos are the highlight of my week. However, this one was absolutely mind-blowing. Thanks for creating such awesome content for the layperson.

[@drumzone5]

Chuck is AWESOME (even if for NOTHING)!!! Thank you all for a wonderful episode!

[@TheRealQueres]

This is such a great show! You guys are amongst the best online duo ever!!!

[@JohariW]

2 of my favorite geniuses on 1 podcast, excellent. Oh, and chuck...

[@Bob-of-Zoid]

Wow! You guys got Sean Carroll!!!🤯 He's like a rock star of science!😎

[@SemiPerfectDark]

I know right?? Throughout the talk I kept yelling stop interrupting the scientist!

[@booJay]

@@SemiPerfectDark same

[@spazzychalk]

Every day, physicists prove ancient yogic science. I REALLY want to see Sean Carroll in conversation with the master yogi who regularly uses science to explain thing, @Sadhguru about ancient yogic science and where physics agree. That would get millions of views.

[@enlilly2405]

Sadhguru is a fraud.

[@HGALAXIES]

These people together cause the most amazing storms, the brainy ones! No wonder he is trying to write a book to explain things in layman words! Kudos to them for the love they have for humanity & science, philosophy & art. 🎉✌️

[@Dr_LK]

Fantastic! Two out of my four favourite physicists. Thank you.

[@savuionut111]

...and Chuck ..maybe ..😂

[@chillwestmusic]

Sean is very patient. The perfect lecturer!

[@kevinsayes]

I love NDT, Chuck, and startalk, but it feels a lot of times guests have to be patient. Lot of interruptions and levity in the middle of a technical explanation on something the guest is passionate about. I know, I know, it’s kind of part of the show, and again I do love the channel, sometimes it’s just a bit much.

[@mikehinson5935]

This is way over my head but I had a blast listening to you guy. Chuck is a complete WILD MAN!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@paulgheorghe9326]

I can't focus on the podcast because of Chuck

[@blakelandry]

Chuck having a moment of fruition and freaking out is the whole reason why science will always be a better explanation than a supernatural one.

[@9BallBory]

When I look at space I just can’t accept it came from nothing without a higher power. Idk why people always want religion and science to go against eachother, they are working together.

[@blakelandry]

Because religion has zero evidence and no base epistemology for finding truth. One comports with reality, the other doesn't. @@9BallBory

[@rosleypaul]

@@blakelandry Well said

[@rohanking12able]

Isnt an entirety different universe solely dependant on a direction in one body of energy interaction kinda infinite energy required

[@leedaley3404]

@@9BallBory They are not working together. But scientists over at r/science have said that religion and science CAN co-exist. I'm not religious but I value their opinion more than a bunch of KZbinrs.

[@vickieysacoff4249]

I love all these podcasts! I'm home sick with Covid, and this is cheering me up! I will definitely order the new book too.

[@thegreattyler7878]

F** covid.... Be better.

[@leoborganelli]

This is such a great episode of startalk!!! Chuck is not acting as goofy and clownish as he normally does and Neil is letting Sean speak without interjecting. Props to the host and Neil on this one! And Sean Carroll is such a brilliant and soothing mind

[@mariusmacas380]

Thank you Sean Carroll ! Thank you StarTalk. What a wonderful episode 🤓

[@williamonate3172]

I really enjoyed this conversation! 🤓

[@MontePlaysGames]

So happy to see the growth of the channel. Early congrats on 2.5 million subscribers from the future. ;)

[@ballisticjazz7458]

The brain doesn't construct the present. This present exists. The brain just handles how we perceive it.

[@princezhou]

Now think about this for a minute…if Hallucinations are a kind of uncontrolled perception…then perception right here and right lnow is also a kind of hallucination… but a controlled hallucination as the brains predictions are being reined in by sensory information from the world It’s only when we agree about our hallucinations….we call that reality

[@darthmewtwo1759]

Damn, this was another great one by these three, I find myself up many hours a day since i dont sleep much, watching this amazing podcast neil is the man as is sean, would love another one with this cast.

[@brian.the.archivist]

Sean's summary of William Lane Craig's argument is spot on. Including how very bad of an argument it is

[@wsams]

I've been pondering what nothing is for so long. This throughly wrecks my brain. ❤

[@ShonMardani]

GOD created NOTHING in space. The adjacent space moved to fill in the NOTHING, by doing that it creates its own NOTHING. The speed of the space movement into NOTHINGs results in the creation of new NOTHINGs and manifests itself as the Fundamental Particle and the Unifying Theory of CREATION of EVERYTHING. The quantity and the direction of the cyclic movement of GP are observed as Weight, Electromagnetism, Temperature and Color. Shon Mardani

[@manifold1476]

likely story, dingbat

[@maxmulder]

I had a lot of fun with this one! lol Keep up with the amazing job! Love u guys

[@IslandGirlKelly]

Fantastic discussion. Many thanks, guys. My brain is now hurting a wee bit, and that's a good thing. 🤯

[@Bob-of-Zoid]

🤕 Ouch!

[@IslandGirlKelly]

@@Bob-of-Zoid 🤣 Hilarious, Robert. This one had a lot to take in. Quantum entanglement has always been mind blowing. I have tried through the years to simplify it a bit.

[@Bob-of-Zoid]

@@IslandGirlKelly Well, you know what they say about quantum physics: "If you think you know quantum physics, you don't know quantum physics"! It's a brain twister for sure. There is no evidence that everything is bound to spacetime, IOW: the quanta, or at least certain particles may not have that component, and if there are dimensions other than the ones we can experience that coexist with some but not all the ones we can, then we may see their effect, and yet still never experience those dimensions directly, but only by proxy. It may be why we cannot explain gravity, dark matter, and dark energy, nor have a complete understanding of magnetism. We can although extrapolate things about other dimensions mathematically, and find connections, and even manipulate them by proxy too. More 🤯Kaploofkaaaaaah!😅

[@IslandGirlKelly]

@Bob-of-Zoid Even more to ponder, cheers for that Robert. 😅 I have plenty of time for it as I have been stuck in recovering from surgery. 2 more weeks to go until I can get out and about. By then, my head will have completely exploded.

[@steliosp1770]

Guys you have the best communicator of science in human history on your show and barely let him speak. I appreciate the casualness of the show and the jokes, but i feel when Sean speaks we must shut up and listen. People like him dont come around often. PS: When Sean asked "is empty space 3 dimensional?" as a counter-argument.. i lost it, thats why i love him so much. thats like a question you can think about for the rest of your life. PS2: I knew about what Sean is talking about with the basketball example and the syncing but its such a great example. i had a neuroscientist friend during Uni whom with we talked about conciousness and advancements in the attempt to understand it, attempts to map out the entire human brain etc and ofc that leads you to free will and whether its an illusion or not and after listening to sam harris on the topic as well my personal understanding of the situation and the topic is that free will "exists" at a macro level as in its intuitive to think about it that way in terms of our every day experience BUT (sort of like the dichotomy between classical and quantum mechanics) at a fundamental level its an illusion because our brains are just an evolved supercomputer responding to stimuli and producing an experience that is affected by our upbringing, genetics, epigenetics, traumas and chemistry of our current experience at any given time. and this is what i mean. I m convinced Sean could teach a 5 year old quantum mechanics and special relativity at this point.. and once you deal with that then you have to confront consciousness. there s tononi and the Phi theory and other observations we can make as to what that first "person" experience is and whether it exists in every species or not but unlike free will we know for a fact it exists. however, its a byproduct of the evolution of organisms and particularly the human brain as far as i can tell. maybe that picture could likely change with advancements in AI down the line but who knows. thats where i sit right now on this and its fascinating to think about. thank you for everything that you do. i hope i didnt come off as condesending its just, for us lay people, people like sean or brian greene are pure gold, and we cant get enough of them BUT THATS WHY WE HAVE THE MINDSCAPE PODCAST :D

[@Squiggly6942]

I loved Seans book "The Bigger Picture". Helped me adjust my view of the universe.

[@akwinoz]

Chuck is on fire today......Just what I needed. As for the philosophy discussion I am more confused than ever!!!🤔

[@sweetpeasbackyardgarden1236]

Great conversation as usual. Chuck started off like fire! 😂 I study philosophy so this episode tickled me.😂😂

[@iamBlackGambit]

Chuck is so annoying ughhh🙄

[@Rhekon]

Chuck is so smart and *AMPED* 😂😂😂

[@f0xh0nd51]

This is my favorite chuck reaction I’ve seen so far “ we’re in their past!…” 🤯 love it 😂

[@MikeKisil]

Man o man the amount of information on any given field this program gives is just brutal food for the mindset.ty .

[@JBizl_Productions]

One of the best episodes… Chuck is hilarious 😆

[@PatrickGagnon1]

Ok Chuck killed me on this one. 20:42 got me 😂 Thank you Chuck :)

[@quantumentangle154]

Comedy Gold lol

[@joppadoni]

Read this comment a minute or so in and DIDNT skip forward to check it out 🤣How controlled am I? lol, well worth the wait! Great Comment too, I kept checking the timer.. Haha 👍

[@iansargent196]

1:05 LOL Thank you Chuck for finally saying what needed to be said on this platform.

[@dylanbrown7664]

Man I love this pod cast but the amount of ad breaks are pretty killer

[@mickeybrumfield764]

What is also amazing is that it is likely there are more advanced beings in our universe and probably in our own galaxy that have confronted these questions a long time ago and have the answers we seek.

[@mickeybrumfield764]

@@johnlimestone123 Don't know. They could already know about us if we're talking about really advanced beings. Maybe they will someday decide we're worthy of contacting.

[@Nick-Nasti]

Some questions may not have an answer. Example: -limited by 3 dimensions -may be restricted to our own universe

[@manifold1476]

​easy, easier & easiest = easy, more easy & most easy "more easier" = more more easy ~don't quit school yet~

[@rohanking12able]

​@@manifold1476ok

[@sammo7877]

So because of our senses time delay we only see the past even if we could process it as fast as the light gets to us we would still see the past because of the time it takes light to get to us!?!

[@Stickbyme7727]

Excellent episode! Thank you Star talk.

[@JP-gf3fs]

This was such a pleasant interview. Love this show!

[@trevonjugmohan2377]

Sean is a philosopher that Neil would hear out, so I'm very happy to see this episode #PhoilosopherNeil - And Big Up Malcolm, Happy Independence! 🔴⚪⚫

[@wolfeddie]

"The 'fine tuning' argument is theists' best argument... and it's a terrible argument" 🤣🤣🤣Gotta love Sean Carroll ❤

[@ALook_at_my_picture_]

Vote for him to president, What do you think?

[@davidjanbaz7728]

LOL 😆

[@notmeus1968]

There is an indefinable mysterious power that pervades everything, I feel it though I do not see it. It is this unseen power which makes itself felt and yet defies all proof, because it is so unlike all that I perceive through my senses. It transcends the senses. But it is possible to reason out the existence of God to a limited extent. Even in ordinary affairs we know that people do not know who rules or why and how He rules and yet they know that there is a power that certainly rules. In my tour last year in Mysore I met many poor villagers and I found upon inquiry that they did not know who ruled Mysore. They simply said some God ruled it. If the knowledge of these poor people was so limited about their ruler I who am infinitely lesser in respect to God than they to their ruler need not be surprised if I do not realize the presence of God - the King of Kings

[@atmanbrahman1872]

Except it's an excellent argument, and Caroll's jab does nothing to refute it.

[@robertobrien5122]

Well it is a weak argument. If you think you can argue it better than say , William Lane Craig, then have at it. He knows it is a weak argument, but admits he will believe in it anyway.

[@mnichols1979]

20:46 I love this! When Chuck's mind gets blown is always fun to watch. Lol

[@ericsonamaral7895]

Sean is simply great!

[@gusvalour]

I'm not sure why startalk is not getting like millions of views. These are really good topics and issues worth listening too

[@Nunya_Bidnez]

You're not an Idiot Chuck. We love you. You're humor is infectious. Bring it on brother. If you can. Anyone can be smart if they try. Not to many have the fun soul you do. Facts A PHD in funny only happens to a few

[@michaelkahama3459]

The Entropy explanation is just the best

[@FakingANerve]

40:00 For anyone curious as to how far away that point at which "the brain just gives up" trying to compensate/buffer/synchronize the light and sound processing from that basketball dribbling is, it's roughly 50 ft. at sea level.

[@DirtbagM]

This episode was great! Thanks Dr Chuckle 😂😂

[@moonshoes11]

William Lane Craig is now known as “Low bar Bill”.

[@restorationofidentity]

Got to love chuck. His humour is very much appreciated. 😊

[@Alasdair-Morrison]

What a mind blowing episode! 🤯