Neil Turok

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2,693 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2025 last heard 22 Jun

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It's self-organizing.

The universe has this capacity to produce structures

Yeah.

Okay, that's interesting.

It may well be that's correct.

I think it's a very attractive idea.

that somehow the universe is optimal at producing complexity out of simplicity.

And it certainly seems that way because, you know, as I say, on small scales and large scales, unbelievably simple.

There's really nothing interesting happening.

But in the middle, it's evolving in ways we can't predict now, and it's getting ever more complex and capable.

Yeah, it is.

Ultimately, physics is about information, for sure.

And John Wheeler was the person who argued that.

I was very lucky to know him personally.

Amazing character, such a kind and absolutely visionary person.

We need more John Wheelers, that's for sure.

So if there's a course on philosophy of cosmology, that's the target audience, is the John Wheelers, because they can be incredibly helpful.

helpful.

I better go.

Sir?

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