In conversation with Nima Arkani-Hamed

Nima Arkani-Hamed, one of the world's leading and most exciting theoretical physicists, shares his ideas on the future of fundamental physics with Graham Farmelo, author of the Costa-winning biography of Paul Dirac and of the new 'Churchill's Bomb'.

Nima also answered questions on why we have a big universe, the role of the LHC and what you do as a theoretical physicist.


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[Maxinator-]

I love this man's passion. So enjoyable to watch.

[steviejd]

What a wonderful man, he is so good at explaining these complex issues, I feel as though I managed to grasp most of what he was saying.

[StevieObieYT]

Nima Arkani-Hamed should be given be more time to speak. What a legend!

[realcygnus]

Nima is one of those dudes who gets whisked away in the middle of the night by military helicopters if there is an alien invasion or something.

[essentialblend]

This was hands down the most unintentionally funny and enthusiastic interviewer I've seen lol. The way he broke into giggles so often is priceless.

[nathanpoulin]

This is such a clear, concise, and beautiful explanation of (some of the) unanswered questions in fundamental physics. I am hoping for a paradigm shift.

[futureselfnow]

i have no clue of understanding as to what he’s talking about, but its absolutely astonishing! 💥

[jeffwatkins]

A brilliant mind! How lucky humanity is to have such a mighty intellect at work on the great mysteries of our world. Yet he's also humble about his gifts, Remarkable. What strikes me as well is how unaware he seems to be of his preternaturally stunning good looks. In other circumstances, he might have been a huge movie star. Much as I love cinema and its beautiful men, I'm totally grateful he's directed all his energies and attention to science. I only hope he has a partner who loves and supports him unconditionally.

[stevegovea]

Nima is insanely smart. I try to watch his videos....along with watching Sean Carroll, Leonard Susskind, and Lawrence Krauss.

[billbrett]

A excellent communicator.  A great talk.  Thank you.

[Guide]

what I find most interesting in this is the difference in the cognitive speed of Nima's brain function and the limits of human language to articulate his thoughts at the speed he has them.

we need a language beyond mathematics as we know it

[ScienceMuseum]

What does the future hold for fundamental physics? In conversation with Nima Arkani-Hamed Graham Farmelo sat down with theoretical physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed to find out more

[A-Go-]

Shout out to the interviewer for not being the interrupt-every-10-seconds type we so often have to endure.

[timelsen]

Thanks for not dumbing it down, the typical result of which ruins public lectures. Even most children don't require this to the common extent today. I just watched a child questioner who responded to the speaker saying, " I know what an axion is." The speaker said, "probably not." Meaning on a deeper level. The moderator can relax, this is the proper level of difficulty for public lectures.

[ScienceMuseum]

Why is the universe so big and just what does a theoretical physicist do? Nima Arkani-Hamed has the answers In conversation with Nima Arkani-Hamed

[alexb]

The main takeaway for me after watching this video is that I am dumb. Thank you for that, Nima.

[behnazshakeri]

Khoda hefzet koneh pesaramfarzand iran.we ar proud of you 🙏🙏❤️❤️

[cmacmenow]

Great and immensely fascinating talk. So we have found the Higgs, have we found any other particles as eluded to by Nima? Is our multiverse finally tuned? And, is Amplituhedron theory a more robust way of describing quantum field interactions and ultimately the nature of QFT itself?

[avatareyes]

Interaction with the unitary Source field helps to explain action at a distance, non-local "forces"

[irlserver]

I think the interviewer did a perfectly fine job - people need to get their undies out of a twist.

Good job Graham.