Physicist DEBUNKS Big Bang! Abhay Ashtekar's Quantum Loops

Theoretical Physicist Prof. Ashtekar (creator Loop Quantum Gravity / Loop Quantum Cosmology) expounds on consciousness and the myth of the singularity.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:00 Inner World (conscious experience) vs. Outer World (physics)
00:05:35 Buddha's Parable of the Poison Arrow
00:11:05 Philosophy and Physics should be merged
00:13:33 No one wants to say that the Buddha was wrong
00:19:30 Scientifically studying "enlightenment"
00:23:29 When to stop taking psychedelics ("when you get the call, hang up!")
00:25:17 What is Loop Quantum Gravity?
00:36:39 Wheeler DeWitt equation
00:44:48 Self Dual and Anti Self Dual
00:48:16 Hodge Dual and the Metric
00:52:06 Linearized Gravity
00:55:32 Quantum Gravity
01:03:22 Einstein vs. Schrödinger (the behind the scenes scuffle)
01:09:24 Technical details of quantizing geometry
01:13:41 What is Yang Mills theory?
01:20:52 Tetrads and Vierbeins
01:24:26 Roger Penrose's approach to quantum gravity (Twistor Theory)
01:26:44 Einstein's "Hole argument"
01:40:48 Mach's Principle
01:49:04 Singularities and Black Holes
02:12:18 Quantum Bounce (the "Ashtekar Bounce")
02:23:07 Pure and Mixed Quantum Mechanical States
02:26:38 Black Holes and Event Horizons
02:42:09 ADM Decomposition
02:43:55 The Gödel Universe, Time Travel, and Closed Timelike Curves
02:52:38 Salvatore Pais asks about the Superforce
02:56:13 The universe before the Big Bang
03:01:44 String Theory vs. Loop Quantum Gravity
03:17:31 Ed Witten disses Loop Quantum Gravity and Ashtekar responds
03:21:14 Duality between String theory and LQG?
03:25:20 The Philosopher and the Monk

Aug 27, 2023

[DrBrianKeating]

The man the myth the legend Can’t wait to see it

[timjohnson]

Abhay, you were extraordinary in this interview; eloquent, thinking, and brilliant! This watched like the interview of a seasoned podcast veteran instead of a first podcast appearance. (Curt, you are one of the best interviewers and with your physics knowledge, thinking, and focus, you are unmatched. Much deserved credit due to you too.)

[das_it_mane]

Curt, thank you very much for interviewing these legends and asking more advanced questions. It's nice to hear physicists talk without dumbing it down too much.

[gangsterkami]

My god Curt. I've been watching for a long time and you still haven't stopped impressing me. Thank you for your work ♥️.

[Self-Duality]

“Both. The inner world as the outer world.” Beautiful! 😌💭💖

[tyriliusmc]

Once again, thank you, Curt, for your hard work. It is always greatly appreciated.

[ThisThing]

I have no idea how much I truly learn but your channel is what I listen to too go to sleep. It’s the one thing I’ve found that I can partially understand but so intense it keeps my mind calm and listening. Very stress relieving and calming.🤷🏼‍♂️😆

[imthemoeron]

Always excellent content Curt. Thanks. Your hard work is appreciated. Keep up the great work

[tac]

I had my air fryer, blender and hand vacuum cleaner charger all plugged into a 3-outlet electrical outlet plug. This sat behind my air fryer. I was ignorant to the fact that my air fryer has been exhausting very hot air onto this outlet adapter. By happenstance I came across it today and discovered this problem. All three cords and the adapter were severely melted and close to failure. I am actually surprised these devices were still operating. This was an extreme fire hazard and I believe had I not found this problem today a fire would have been immanent. What brought me to this discovery was a very unlikely event, thank you universe.

[HeronMarkBlade]

Extremely enjoyable interview, thanks very much!

[PedroAOlavarria]

This looks like it's going to be really good.

[officialdiadonacs]

The Big Bounce! Great conversation and I appreciate all of your work. 🙏

[sonicgravitypodcast]

This is my favorite episode, BY FAR, of yours--it's a diamond in the rough, and even though it seems to have attracted way fewer views--I'm inspired to continue--and it makes me certain that we actually do have the TOE.

I loved what he said at 57:15, then 58:00, and then I think he nailed what you need for antigravity 59:00 - 59:18. We know the LH electron is what interacts with the Higgs by picking up and ditching weak hypercharge. If the higgs is the gravity field, and the vacuum expectation value is -246GeV, (not +246 GeV as the scientific consensus is) and you catch the LH electron in a harmonic EMF, and can put 246 GeV in the field and reduce it to the ground state by shaking the LH electron in that field, then you reduce the higgs to the ground state and have no gravity, and no mass (that's the SGTOE theory of antigravity anyway).

[JD-fkqq]

Our intelligence, despite its lowly origin, current state and future limitations, tries to solve the mysteries of the universe.
To any advanced, sentient civilisations observing us, that can be a miracle of its own.
Even if we never escape our significant cognitive limits...
Thank you, Kurt and team, for the amazing show.

[zeppelinpotts]

Oh boy! I really want to know more about the man Pais and Curt keep citing..
I feel like it somehow ties into my current interest: next-gen propulsion, Emf drives, etc.. I still daydream constantly about that inertial mass reduction patent..

[asadalbra]

I am very excited for part 2, diving deeper into the inner! I hope it is still in the works

[shamooel]

Must say I found this one a little hard to follow.
Glad to see that accurate subtitles have been provided but Ashtekar's rambling style and the one-sidedness of the interview left me staring blankly at the screen for extended periods..

Absolutely love your podcast, Curt. please keep it up!

[ashishkiift]

What a treasure of a discussion. Small request Curt. Please do a Mic check with your guests before starting. Some problem with Prof Ashtekar’s microphone which is disturbing the coherency of sound at his end. But thanks again for inviting him.

[LeeLightfoot]

Looking forward to this. Also, it will effectively make me money as I can do more work by not looking for more content for 3 hours!

[michaelperrone]

Thanks for doing this Prof. Ashtekar! Would it be possible to elaborate on what a "connection" is, mathematically speaking?