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Lisa Randall

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

You know, there's just the idea that, you know, in all this chaos, it's still important that we still make progress in these things. And sometimes, you know, when major world events are happening, it's easy to forget that. And I think those are important, too. You don't want to forget those, but to try to keep that balance because we don't want to lose what it is that makes humans special.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

You know, there's just the idea that, you know, in all this chaos, it's still important that we still make progress in these things. And sometimes, you know, when major world events are happening, it's easy to forget that. And I think those are important, too. You don't want to forget those, but to try to keep that balance because we don't want to lose what it is that makes humans special.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

Yeah, yeah. I mean, we all like solving puzzles. And actually, one of the things that drives me in my research is the inconsistencies. When things don't make sense, it really bugs me. And it just will go in different directions to see how could these things fit together.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

Yeah, yeah. I mean, we all like solving puzzles. And actually, one of the things that drives me in my research is the inconsistencies. When things don't make sense, it really bugs me. And it just will go in different directions to see how could these things fit together.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

Yeah, yeah. I mean, we all like solving puzzles. And actually, one of the things that drives me in my research is the inconsistencies. When things don't make sense, it really bugs me. And it just will go in different directions to see how could these things fit together.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

Yeah, totally.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

Yeah, totally.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

Yeah, totally.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

Because I have this underlying belief that it should make sense, even though the world comes at you in many ways and tells you nothing should make sense. But if you believe that it makes sense, then you look for underlying logic. And I think that's just good advice for everything, to try to find why it is the way it is.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

Because I have this underlying belief that it should make sense, even though the world comes at you in many ways and tells you nothing should make sense. But if you believe that it makes sense, then you look for underlying logic. And I think that's just good advice for everything, to try to find why it is the way it is.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

Because I have this underlying belief that it should make sense, even though the world comes at you in many ways and tells you nothing should make sense. But if you believe that it makes sense, then you look for underlying logic. And I think that's just good advice for everything, to try to find why it is the way it is.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

I talk about effective theory in my second book, Not Going to Heaven's Door, a lot. Rather than ask the big questions, sometimes we just ask the questions about the immediate things that we can measure. Like I said, we can sometimes tell one that will fail, but we can have these effective theories.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

I talk about effective theory in my second book, Not Going to Heaven's Door, a lot. Rather than ask the big questions, sometimes we just ask the questions about the immediate things that we can measure. Like I said, we can sometimes tell one that will fail, but we can have these effective theories.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

I talk about effective theory in my second book, Not Going to Heaven's Door, a lot. Rather than ask the big questions, sometimes we just ask the questions about the immediate things that we can measure. Like I said, we can sometimes tell one that will fail, but we can have these effective theories.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

Sometimes I think, you know, when we approach these big questions, it's good to do it from an effective theory point. You know, why do I find this satisfying? Why is the world we have the way it is? We think things are beautiful that we live in. I mean, you know, I'm not sure if we had different senses or different ways of looking at things, we wouldn't necessarily find it beautiful.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

Sometimes I think, you know, when we approach these big questions, it's good to do it from an effective theory point. You know, why do I find this satisfying? Why is the world we have the way it is? We think things are beautiful that we live in. I mean, you know, I'm not sure if we had different senses or different ways of looking at things, we wouldn't necessarily find it beautiful.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

Sometimes I think, you know, when we approach these big questions, it's good to do it from an effective theory point. You know, why do I find this satisfying? Why is the world we have the way it is? We think things are beautiful that we live in. I mean, you know, I'm not sure if we had different senses or different ways of looking at things, we wouldn't necessarily find it beautiful.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

But I have to say, it is kind of fantastic that no matter how many times I see a sunset, I will always find it beautiful. It's like, I don't think I ever see a sunset and say, whatever. It's just always beautiful. And so there are things as humans clearly resonate with us, but we were maybe evolved that way. That's about us.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

But I have to say, it is kind of fantastic that no matter how many times I see a sunset, I will always find it beautiful. It's like, I don't think I ever see a sunset and say, whatever. It's just always beautiful. And so there are things as humans clearly resonate with us, but we were maybe evolved that way. That's about us.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

But I have to say, it is kind of fantastic that no matter how many times I see a sunset, I will always find it beautiful. It's like, I don't think I ever see a sunset and say, whatever. It's just always beautiful. And so there are things as humans clearly resonate with us, but we were maybe evolved that way. That's about us.