Existential Physics with Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder

This week, Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder, a theoretical physicist, a research fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, and the author of the new book “Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions”, joins us to discuss how understanding science can help us better understand the meaning of our own existence. We also talk about whether everything is actually happening all at once, if humans can create new universes, and whether or not human behavior is truly predictable.

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[lordoftheflings]

In addition to being a genius Dr. Hossenfelder is pretty good looking too

[markusklein]

That's a great interview including heaps of 'out of the box' thinking. I personally enjoyed the brief sidestep on Navier Stokes as well as fusion reactors. Thank you Sabine & Climate Pod!

[geraldgarvan]

I got a copy of you new book and I was very surprised that you hit the idea of spacetime right at the beginning. Here is my question, why don't anyone ever address the problem of Uranus in the idea of planets causing a dip in the spacetime fabric? How can you have all horizontal dips, and then one vertical dip, all in the same orbital plane? It does not sound possible to me.

[NeverTalkToCops]

Since humans can envision creating their own universe from 10kg of mass, the question becomes why are there not remnants of galatic folk cooking up these universes? No agency has done this in 13.7 Billion years?

[Thomas-gk]

Wow, why is this interview so underrated? What an evervescent and expressive Sabine, would like to see her so lucky more often. Thanks a lot.

[hyperduality]

Making predictions is a syntropic process -- teleological.
Teleological physics (syntropy) is dual to non-teleological physics (entropy).
Syntropy (prediction) is dual to increasing entropy -- the 4th law of thermodynamics!
"Always two there are" -- Yoda.

[sunroad]

The Tragedy of the Commons Finally Quantified:
"In any system of energy, Control is what consumes energy the most.
No energy store holds enough energy to extract an amount of energy equal to the total energy it stores.
No system of energy can produce sum useful energy in excess of the total energy put into constructing it.
This universal truth applies to all systems.
Energy, like time, flows from past to future".

[a.randomjack]

I already know I'm going to listen twice 🤓

[mikepict]

Choosing to die in a fire to avoid hard work . That's not intellectual. That's not even sane . I don't care if their waiting for another inevitable extinction level event. Their not good parents. And they shouldn't be in charge of my angels

[danieldelvalle]

Fascinating. Listening to Sabine makes me smarter.

[The-Wide-Angle]

Saying that the universe created energy "out of nothing" is utter nonsense. There is nothing in physics that suggests that.

[akcramblet]

Dude sounds oblivious to what she’s saying about climate science.

[thEncounter]

Always nice to see and hear Sabine, the way she present her knowledge in that straight through manner..

[drbuckley]

Physicists need a different term for the interval between events to distinguish it from humans' naïve notions of "time."

[juliotoru]

I love people that diseminate knowledge, especialy those that accomplish the task with passionate flair/flare.
She does music videos too !

[NeverTalkToCops]

"No, I Am Not Religious." That was good, Zabinna.

[keithmiddlehurst]

Your making me think of entropy the ultimate demise of the universe ?

[alloomis]

my favorite egghead, who has a good torch song repertoire, as well. alas, she is too young for me.
on balance, it's nice that she takes an interest in general society, there is a severe shortage of smart people on the blogosphere, though many blogists don't let ignorance and dumbosity impede their efforts.

[valentinmalinov]

Sabine, I understand! - It is hard to make sense of your life if you want to tell others something important, that you are not allowed to discuss.

[haroonaverroes]

22:00 she uses thievery as patching techniques.