Lee Smolin - How are Multiple Universes Generated?

Cosmologists believe that multiple universes really exist; they call the whole vast collection, which might even be infinite in number, the 'multiverse'. But how are all these universes generated? There are several ways, each radically different from the others, each incredibly fascinating, each capable of generating infinite universes.



Lee Smolin is an American theoretical physicist, a researcher at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, and an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Waterloo. He is best known for his work in loop quantum gravity.


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[leonreynolds]

This isn't a video about how multiverses are created. He is just basically saying he doesn't believe it.

[longcastle]

Totally from a layman's perspective this some of the newest most refreshing and interesting thinking I've come across in a long time on the current state of theoretical physics

[Apoplectic_Spock]

I can appreciate this guest's purist approach to science and research. His fears seem valid and his preferences reasonable.

[CristinaG]

*HAPPY NEW YEAR..!!* I'm excited for the breakthroughs and discoveries coming in 2022..!!

[probablynotmyname]

It really doesnt matter what a scientist thinks or believes or dreams about, all that matters is what they can show. Pontificating about multiple universes is not science unless you can show evidence that they exist.

[datdudeinred]

I just love how physicist, scientists & astronomers literally argue with each other for all day long but won't get angry for 1 second. 🙌

[helderalmeida]

Why do I have a feeling I don't agree with Lee Smolin

[patrickl]

Kuhn is a national treasure. What an amazing interviewer. I just love this guy.

[fletchzz]

I have so much respect for Lee Smolin, always appreciate his insight

[audiodead]

A really interesting interview with a great thinker. I really like Lee's theory's about temporal realism and cosmological natural selection.

[Theninjagecko]

Math and all the tricks to get the math working has taken us down the wrong path.

[jasonsmith]

First time I’ve seen Robert Lawrence Kuhn out of his depth actually and his stance seems to challenge what I have come to understand to be his position in a number of areas which surprised me.

[bruinflight]

The problem with so much current day (physics) is exactly what Dr. Smolin is talking about here, and, observing the deep dichotomy between religion and science it blows my mind that theorists on the leading edge are so sanctimonious about their ideas... Thank you for fighting this fight Lee!

[brandonvinson]

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence... (Carl Sagan)

[TheTroofSayer]

I'm wholly with Lee Smolin on this. Multiverse theory is cringe and it is indeed, the materialist's creationism. What does it offer? If multiverse theory is intended to explain the ordered universe and the emergence of life within it, despite entropy, then it's already failed. We, in the universe we inhabit, still have an entropy problem.

[jffryh]

Did Newton really not know during his own lifetime which bits of his work he was most most well known for

[hamzariazuddin]

Lee is such an interesting thinker...Love listening to his realist speculations

[catherinemoore]

This scientist is so fascinating: he's humble, while being one of the top brains of science. Wow.

[tonycamaro]

Great videos. Better when you let the guest talk more.

[poksnee]

String theory and multiverse theory are examples of physics being dominated by math.

I have, long been, a big fan of Dr.Smolin.