Ira Flatow
speaker
1,299 appearances
24 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 15 Sep
Ira Flatow’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
Trend
recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 24 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 6.
Appearances
Mm, and how can philosophers help us bridge that understanding?
voice-verified
You're right uh about a conversation with a student.
voice-verified
Uh uh on this topic about how there is you know, you have to think about the the relativity of where you are and uh the relativity of objects to themselves, that led to one of the reasons you wrote this book.
voice-verified
Tell me about that.
voice-verified
And why why it was such a catalyst for you?
voice-verified
Well would you expand that to include one of the core ideas?
voice-verified
Uncertainty.
voice-verified
You know, science used to be talked about we know this stuff to be sure and then along comes quantum mechanics and says, Well, it's probabilistic.
voice-verified
Yes, that's right.
voice-verified
After the break, if there's so much uncertainty, what about a theory of everything?
voice-verified
Stay with us.
voice-verified
They used to talk about coming up physicists did.
voice-verified
With a theory of everything.
voice-verified
Do you remember that those days?
voice-verified
Yeah.
voice-verified
Um is that is that a fool's errand to look for that?
voice-verified
You said that quantum gravity is something you you study and it seems to be one of the great
voice-verified
Unfulfilled.
voice-verified
Um discoveries, right?
voice-verified
Showing 81–100 of 1,299 · page 5 of 65
← Previous
Next →