Infinite Beginnings? Time in Cutting Edge Cosmology

Will Kinney joins Brian Greene to explore whether leading-edge cosmological theories can avoid a beginning to time.

This program is part of the Big Ideas series, supported by the John Templeton Foundation.

Participant: Will Kinney
Moderator: Brian Greene

00:00 - Introduction
00:58 - Participant Introduction
02:89 - The Case for Eternal Inflation
23:51 - Did the Cosmos Begin?
32:59 - The Future of the Beginning
37:23 - Credits

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[fredcrown-tamir]

Brian Greene does a good job of explaining science to the curious mind. Thanks Brian!!

[tati]

I love watching these conversations. Thank you for uploading them. Sometimes I feel like it's the only Intellectual stimulus I've gotten all week. Thanks again! 🖤

[lylemoultrie]

An outstanding discussion! Loving this whole series! Thank you Dr. Greene and Dr. Kinney!

[MrVikingsandra]

One of my favorite topics, I find the topic of time incredibly intriguing. Everything regarding how the universe came to existence/ where it's going. I could listen to you for hours!

[bobrowejr]

Thanks for doing this series! I find each discussion intriguing and thought provoking.

[MicahBratt]

It's hard enough trying to imagine how big our universe is, let alone all the possible universes.

[djelalaxoyson]

Thank you world science festival
For all your videos shared

[thomasdequincey]

This was a very enjoyable conversation. Very interesting.

[InfiniteLoveInfinity]

This man deserves at least for his paper and let's say for now... 🍖 1 Nobel Laureate Prize. Thanks Brian, you people make my day, you are my heroes.

[sborton]

Absolutely excellent. I loved this. Over the years I have developed my own theories about space, time, infinity etc. Professor Kinney speaks directly to the heart of my ideas. If nothing else, he has given me much food for thought.
In my own theories I have uncomfortably accepted that the infinite universe has no beginning. Mainly because, to me, you can not insert a beginning into infinity. But he not only says that you can, he says that you have to. Ouch. Now I have to go take a look at what he has done on this subject.
His idea goes completely against my way of thinking. But I am nowhere near to calling him out and arguing against his idea. Given who he is, I'm not about to just say poppycock either. I'm not giving up the ideas I have formulated. I've spent a long time contemplating infinity. But I definitely want to see an intelligent argument against them.
Half an hour of a Saturday afternoon well spent. Damn, did I miss a football game?

[MesfrAlasiry]

judgmentcallpodcast covers this. Time and Cosmology Discussed

[onionknight]

Thanks Dr green another great interview

[Mimiges]

I do love this channel and this discussion. It makes me think of this quote. Terrance McKenna “Modern Science is based on one principle: Give us one free miracle and we will explain the rest.”

[-tarificpromo-]

The most intellectual discussion to date. Unraveling the cones at the allowed dimensions, you step back and perceive that the cones from the inflated point as well as the flat point.

[PietroColombo-emmz]

What a fine, interesting way, to spend time. Thanks for sharing.

[denishopking]

Brilliant conversation… mind blowing 🐬

[Meccio]

Great talk. Anyone else thinks Will Kinney’s voice sounds just like Nicolas Cage? I couldn’t listen with my eyes closed 😅

[ChrisFarrell-ql]

Like a “curtain coming up” - “pop psychology into physics until X” - Mr. Kinney I look forward to listening - may all those who feel a certain way about “timing” be well and may the knowledge of this new information bring many downloads and cognitive processes to the “booting up and jacking in” - of time and space.

[AmiyaSarkar]

Great talk!
When the topic of the Cyclic model came in, it reminded me of Brahma's Day and Night!

[georgerevell]

This is one of the best fundemental physics vieos ever and I've seen most of them!