Neil Turok
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first heard Apr 2025
last heard 22 Jun
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I mean, the inverse square law discovered by Newton, you know, incredibly powerful universal law.
Why does it exist?
We don't really know, but as physics has evolved, it's become more and more complete.
Um,
And my point of view is that maybe the physics we already know is 99.9% of the story.
It has internal contradictions.
but it may be just as fruitful to try to resolve those contradictions in as minimal a manner as possible.
That may be more fruitful than going off down some diverging path which is driven by prejudices.
I think we've always got to keep an open mind, but what keeps us honest is this search for simple explanations.
For me, that's the most important thing in theoretical physics, not to lose sight of that.
It's not mathematics.
I shouldn't say just because physics feeds on mathematics.
Mathematics is extremely important, but mathematics is much less constrained.
You just invent logical frameworks and try to see where they lead you.
Whereas in physics, the focus is in which of those frameworks actually describe nature.
They are looking for a simple picture.
They're certainly looking for a unified, simple picture, but without...
Yeah, so they would argue that inevitably, as a consequence of their simplifications they have made, they get enormous complexity in some respects.
I mean, I think nobody could argue that a multiverse is the most complex thing you can imagine.
Okay, so when they say that our prescription for simplicity leads to a multiverse, I definitely think
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