Neil Turok

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Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal · Neil Turok: A Route to Quantum Gravity (Without Strings) · 22 Jun 2026 podcast

is able to teach us about itself, its laws.

And that's very fruitful because when we learn about its laws by observing it and even experimenting with it, that knowledge becomes incredibly powerful.

And so, yeah, it's a deep mystery why the universe is comprehensible.

Part of that mystery is that, of course, we have evolved precisely by understanding the universe.

So we have sort of crept along this path of understanding, but it's still a mystery.

Why is that possible?

Why is it possible to learn about the universe from within?

But it's a wonderful mystery and very compelling.

If we can learn about it, let's do it.

See where it leads us.

So I believe in simplicity just because the universe has turned out to be astonishingly simple.

I mean, this goes back to Pythagoras.

Pythagoras, you know, who understood geometry.

talked about the harmonies in the heavens.

You realize music is nothing but, or how should I say, harmonies are mathematical in nature.

Music sounds good because when things are in the right ratios.

Then he thought that geometry also would apply in the heavens.

That was a philosophy.

which led to people like Galileo trying to figure out what are these mathematical laws?

And that worked.

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