Sean Carroll: The Nature of the Universe, Life, and Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #26

[lexfridman]

I really enjoyed this conversation with Sean. Here's the high-level outline:
0:00 - Introduction
2:21 - Understanding the universe and the mind
4:03 - Universe as an information processing system
9:34 - Simulation theory thought experiment
14:33 - Intelligent life in the observable universe
15:34 - Defining intelligent life
19:34 - SpaceX and space exploration
21:05 - Origin of life
29:40 - Interdisciplinary science and conversation

[newtonheath]

I can never get tired of listening to Sean

[Chi-town]

Huge fan of Sean’s. His book “something deeply hidden” is one of my all time favorites. His brain works on a completely different frequency . The way he grasps concepts, breaks them down and explains them while making it very easy to comprehend makes him invaluable to the scientific community. He just gets it. I’m so glad he’s been on podcasts like Fridmans and rogans, I have them on repeat often when I’m on a psychedelic adventure

[TheGreatAlan]

Let's appreciate how lucky we are to be able to watch brilliant people, like Sean Carroll, talk about science...

This wasn't really possible before YouTube.

[JesusTrombone]

Please have another one. This was awesome

[ronaldohlund]

Sean in this type of setting is the man, just amazing, so much clarity he gives over interdisciplinary issues. I have never heard any better in any other context.
My brain feels so good after listening to him. Lex is also great!

The ways this conversation flows is special. Amazing!!!

[leonenriquez]

Wow, you can see Sean getting wiser, more open to stuff he is not sure or even opposed to. That's very heartening... cool!

[Epoch]

One of the best non-mathematical conversations I have ever heard. There is nothing wrong with including mathematics in a discussion, but when you do not, it doesn't mean you must dumb down the conversation completely. You did a really good job of balancing both ideas. Seeing the math in action is powerful, but by no means the only method to share ideas. Thank you for this!

[ubershmekel]

What predictions arise from the universe expanding and entangling qubits vs the universe birthing them? Also, please redo this convo asap, Sean is a truth bomb dispenser. All his answers were deep yet digestible. Amazing talk and I'm glad I at least got this glimpse of it. Thank you.

[savonic]

Spending the next portion of my life trying to learn more and understand intellect, and intellectual thought. Really appreciate all you do, and many of your personal views. You make it easier to understand the conversation. For that, I thwnk you greatly.

[jerickodoggo]

Omg when you said the audio recording died, my heart sank because I thought that some one had passed...

[ahpacific]

Lex! _This_ is the one you lose audio on? 🤨

[blakewisniewski]

Sean Caroll on Lex Fridman... maaaan, Christmas came early

[coryhoward]

Is it just me, or does Sean Carroll feel like an actualized Simpsons character?

[metafuel]

Fantastic discussion. Such a pity about the audio loss. Thank you for your work.

[funmeister]

Excellent episode. Asks (and answered) the most interesting questions other podcasts would have ignored, be too afraid to ask, or have the creativity to compose.

[CromwellCutaran]

Definitely the singular guest I was most eagerly awaiting to join Lex. To think this episode in particular was cut short by technical difficulties is indeed something I'd rather attribute to the paranormal than describe my disappointment...damn those phantoms.

[anthonycummings]

Lex you guys were gonna solve the mysteries of the world then the audio cut out. Thank you for the podcast, and what you do. It brings regular people closer to scientists that we may never have access to. Have a blessed year.

[trebledog]

Sean Carroll is in my top 10 most interesting humans alive. His mathematical? Co-ordinate explanation of the space-time cone changed my understanding of the fields of influence around me and brought new awareness of the universe and how it functions. Using this virtual knowledge with practice I've begun to observe certain events in everyday spacetime as collapses of the wave function. The many examples are when coincidences occur that are supranatural, intuiting a future event that is realized, recognizing a particular vibe or energy when meeting new people that is corroborated by future behaviour, observing a discrete set of data collect in a manner that solves a nagging problem or obstacle, recognizing "strange attractors" as the vortex of a seemingly chaotic pattern or fractal, recognizing in dreams metaphors of events, relationships, red flags etc.