What We Cannot Know - Marcus du Sautoy

Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures: Marcus du Sautoy - What We Cannot Know

Science is giving us unprecedented insight into the big questions that have challenged humanity. Where did we come from? What is the ultimate destiny of the universe? What are the building blocks of the physical world? What is consciousness?

‘What We Cannot Know’ asks us to rein in this unbridled enthusiasm for the power of science. Are there limits to what we can discover about our physical universe? Are some regions of the future beyond the predictive powers of science and mathematics? Are there ideas so complex that they are beyond the conception of our finite human brains? Can brains even investigate themselves or does the analysis enter an infinite loop from which it is impossible to rescue itself?

To coincide with the launch of his new book of the same title, Marcus du Sautoy will be answering (or not answering) those questions

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A permutation is an ordered subset (i.e. attention is paid to the order of selection or arrangement) of a particular set of objects.

[ecisme]

Thank you for the Back to the Future reference.

[zaidsserubogo]

About your mental limits, that's why you have a chance to top up your knowledge with belief

[axeman]

the universe is not controlled by equations, we can use equations to describe the action of a limited subset of reality in a limited region of space, but the equations are not the reality and do not create the reality. Reality exists regardless of the perception of it.

[gaven]

My college female professor told me that the bombing of Hiroshima had no effect on the environment