Hilarious Reverse Physics Debate: String Theory vs Loop Quantum Gravity

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What's the correct theory of quantum gravity: string theory or loop quantum gravity? Hear world experts Raphael Bousso and Carlo Rovelli forced to attack their own sides during the 2014 Foundational Questions Institute conference "The Physics of Information" in Puerto Rico.

See Raphael Bousso and Carlo Rovelli's conference talks here,

FQXi's 4th International Conference, "The Physics of Information"
January 5-10, 2014 Vieques Island, Puerto Rico

The past century in physics seems to lead in a surprising direction: away from physics as a description of objects and their interactions, and towards physics as a description of the evolution of information. Is this the correct way to think about physics and the physical world? What is information? What does the term "information" even mean? What role does information play in quantum gravity, cosmology, thermodynamics, life and consciousness, and what links does it provide between these areas?

FQXi's international, interdisciplinary conference on the Physics of Information brings together leading researchers to discuss the significance, meaning, and uses of information in physics.

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"It's true by definition." You just can't argue with that. Flawless.

kp-ceuk

This is one of the funniest videos I've seen in a long time, relaxes the tension a bit in the argument

enigma

Simply superb. I just can't stop laughing. Such awesome sports. "True by definition" ; "we were on the verge and we are more on the verge now" .. hilarious. 😂

sachinbharadwaj

More conferences should have this kind of finale.

BartAlder

Cool - on many levels! A dialogue like this shows that there is hope for humanity. I'm always very glad to find people who are open-minded enough to do this - between 'rivals' and even in front of an audience. I would love to see strongly religious people do this, too, with their respective religions! Are there any examples our there?

ReidarWasenius

I am looking forward to more discussions as such, very entertaining yet insightful.

alyssapearlbalunes

This was great :) thanks for the post. You guys should post some more more often

probablechoices

This is the best thing i've seen all week.

woutstoffels

real life sheldons and leonards! love it! :)

deepfield

This is the strangest rap battle I have ever seen.

TheGrscott

Maybe they're both correct, like how light is a particle but also a wave. I personally prefer String Theory because it "could" elagantly describe everything in the universe. If it actually provided testable predictions. Or they could both be wrong, who knows?

physicsverse

We are on the verge of discovering it for 25 years but now, now we are more on the verge of discovering it. LOL

HimanshuRohela

"You cant even compute the standard models but we cant either"

Lmfao. Amazing line right there. Dhows why both of these are still in their infantile stages of development and not quite full blown scientific theories yet.

itzbebop

o my god, the best laugh I've had in years.

Epic.

aishwariyasweety

"...because you are a bunch of ignorant particle theorists who don't understand general relativity..."

The hipster dude, in full uniform even including sunglasses poked into thinning hair, thinks that that's a joke. Plain statement of fact actually....

serenus