Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Curt Jaimungal: Why Write?

19 Mar 2026

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Time Travel in Physics: “We Still Don't Know”

16 Mar 2026

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Curt Jaimungal: General Relativity Is NOT Deterministic (Here's the Proof)

12 Mar 2026

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Many people think physics / reality is either guided by a probabilistic distribution or is “determined.” Actually, there’s a third, far‐more u...

John Donoghue: The Physicist Who Says We've Already Quantized Gravity

11 Mar 2026

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Professor John Donoghue explains why quantum physics and gravity actually work perfectly together. He tackles quadratic gravity, effective field theor...

This Physicist Has A "Relativistic Theory of Consciousness"

05 Mar 2026

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Doesn’t Understand What “Belief” Means | Curt Jaimungal

02 Mar 2026

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Curt Jaimungal argues that astrophysicists like Neil deGrasse Tyson and spiritual gurus Deepak Chopra and Thomas Campbell can’t logically claim ...

David Bessis: What is Math? How Do You Learn It?

23 Feb 2026

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What is mathematics, really? Mathematician David Bessis joins me to argue that math isn't about numbers in a Platonic realm or a meaningless game of s...

Erik Verlinde: This Physicist (Unexpectedly) Derived Gravity from Information

16 Feb 2026

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What if gravity is just entropy in disguise? Professor Erik Verlinde joins me to argue that gravity isn't a fundamental force—it's thermodynamic, em...

Vitaly Vanchurin: This Cosmologist Discovered Something Strange...

09 Feb 2026

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What if physics is just the universe learning? Most Theories of Everything episodes are mind‑bending for their math, physics, philosophy, or conscio...

This Quantum Physicist Says The Wave Function Isn't Real: Rob Spekkens

02 Feb 2026

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From Ancient Egypt to Leibniz... Brand‑new interview out with Robert Spekkens of the Perimeter Institute, one of the sharpest minds working on quant...

Subir Sarkar: Why Dark Energy is a Local Illusion

26 Jan 2026

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Hot off the press, Professor Subir Sarkar makes the case that dark energy doesn’t exist (and he’s not being provocative for its own sake). He’s ...

Stuart Kauffman: There Is No Theory of Everything

20 Jan 2026

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This is an interview with Stuart Kauffman, one of the founders of complexity theory. He invented random Boolean networks at only 23 years old and help...

Timothy Williamson: Philosophy’s Most Formidable Living Mind

13 Jan 2026

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I’m Giving Away $5,000 to Explain Hard Physics (and AI)

18 Dec 2025

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Host Curt Jaimungal launches #CORE1, a competition seeking high-level video explainers for physics, AI, and philosophy. If you're a researcher or stud...

Bas van Fraassen: Why Science Doesn't Reveal Reality

15 Dec 2025

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Professor Bas van Fraassen argues science doesn't deliver literal truth about reality, meaning unobservable physics is merely a model. He also contend...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Testing the Limits of Gravity w/ Penrose Λ Fuentes

25 Nov 2025

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Sir Roger Penrose and Professor Ivette Fuentes analyze the Ron Folman T-cubed experiment and whether the equivalence principle holds in quantum mechan...

Curt Jaimungal: The Most Terrifying Philosopher I’ve Encountered

20 Nov 2025

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Curt Jaimungal dives into Kierkegaard’s three stages of life—aesthetic, ethical, and religious — showing how each promises freedom yet traps us ...

Ivette Fuentes: The Breakthrough We Can Test Right Now

10 Nov 2025

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Professor Ivette Fuentes makes impossible physics testable, with verified predictions on the Casimir effect and quantum vacuum. Now she's building a "...

Curt Jaimungal: Can Physics Explain Its Own Laws?

05 Nov 2025

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Why do physical laws have their specific form? Host Curt Jaimungal shows this question is a philosophical knot, because any "explanation" must itself ...

Roger Penrose: Why The Big Bang Was Not The Beginning

03 Nov 2025

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Nobel laureate Sir Roger Penrose dismantles standard cosmology, arguing the Big Bang wasn't the beginning and quantum mechanics is fundamentally wrong...

Aaron Schurger: "No. Neuroscience Does NOT Threaten Free Will."

30 Oct 2025

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The Libet experiment didn't kill free will, says professor of neuroscience Aaron Schurger; the brain's "readiness potential" is simply stochastic neur...

Curt Jaimungal: Why I Don't Buy the Simulation Hypothesis (Nor Materialism)

21 Oct 2025

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Yakir Aharonov: The Future Propagates Backward in Quantum Theory

13 Oct 2025

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Einstein Would Fail Modern Grant Applications | David Deutsch

06 Oct 2025

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David Deutsch argues that Einstein would struggle to secure modern research grants, exposing how funding systems favor incremental work over bold, fun...

Wayne Myrvold: A 2 Hour Deep Dive Into Entropy

29 Sep 2025

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In this episode, we dive deep with philosopher of physics Wayne Myrvold to puncture entropy clichés and reframe thermodynamics as a resource theory. ...

Your Brain Isn’t a Computer and That Changes Everything

22 Sep 2025

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Curt Jaimungal: Philosophers vs. Physicists

17 Sep 2025

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Curt discusses how philosophy has directly contributed to physics through Bell's theorem, decoherence theory, the hole argument, and more. Meanwhile, ...

The Mathematics That Predicts Your DMT Trip

16 Sep 2025

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Founder of Cellular Automata Unifies Biology, Computation, & Physics

10 Sep 2025

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Physics Absorbed Artificial Intelligence & (Maybe) Consciousness

03 Sep 2025

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Christian Symbolism, Heaven, Earth, Femininity, & Satan | Matthieu Pageau

28 Aug 2025

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Frederic Schuller: The Physicist Who Derived Gravity From Electromagnetism

21 Aug 2025

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The Nobel Laureate Who (Also) Says Quantum Theory Is "Totally Wrong"

12 Aug 2025

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Philosophers vs. Physicists

12 Aug 2025

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Curt discusses how philosophy has directly contributed to physics through Bell's theorem, decoherence theory, the hole argument, and more. Meanwhile, ...

Dirac's 90-Year-Old "Mistake" Unifies All of Physics

29 Jul 2025

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The (Terrifying) Theory That Your Thoughts Were Never Your Own

22 Jul 2025

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Why Physicists Say We Don't Understand Quantum Field Theory

14 Jul 2025

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The Physicist Who Proved Free Will Using Thermodynamics

10 Jul 2025

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Brand New Result Proving Penrose & Tao's Uncomputability in Physics!

07 Jul 2025

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The Mathematical Accident That Changes Everything

01 Jul 2025

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The 300-Year-Old Physics Mistake No One Noticed

27 Jun 2025

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Top Physicists Call Out Many Worlds As Nonsense | Jacob Barandes Λ Emily Adlam

25 Jun 2025

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The God Crutch: Do The Laws of Physics Exist?

16 Jun 2025

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The Theory That Shatters Language Itself

13 Jun 2025

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What is “Energy,” Actually?

06 Jun 2025

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Geometric Unity: 40 Years in the Making | Eric Weinstein

03 Jun 2025

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This is the first conversation (with Eric Weinstein) in 40 years on Geometric Unity. In this rare, unscripted conversation, Eric Weinstein reveals th...

The Many Worlds Theory of Quantum Mechanics | David Wallace

29 May 2025

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Philosopher of physics David Wallace breaks down the Everett (Many-Worlds) interpretation of quantum mechanics in today's episode. We discuss the big ...

The AI Math That Left Number Theorists Speechless

23 May 2025

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"Explain it to me like I'm five..." okie dokie

15 May 2025

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You’ve heard the phrase: “If you can’t explain it to a 5-year-old, you don’t understand it.” But what if that idea is not only false but har...

MIT Physicist: These Black Holes Are Older Than the Universe

12 May 2025

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In this episode of Theories of Everything, MIT physicist and historian David Kaiser explores primordial black holes which are hypothetical entities th...

Demystifying Gödel's Theorem: What It Actually Says

05 May 2025

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Gödel’s incompleteness theorem is one of the most misunderstood ideas in science and philosophy. This video cuts through the hype, correcting major...

The Physicist Who Proved Entropy = Gravity

01 May 2025

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What if gravity is not fundamental but emerges from quantum entanglement? In this episode, physicist Ted Jacobson reveals how Einstein’s equations c...

When Physics Gets Rid of Time and Quantum Theory | Julian Barbour

29 Apr 2025

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What if quantum mechanics is not fundamental? What if time itself is an illusion? In this new episode, physicist Julian Barbour returns to share his m...

The Geometric Unity Iceberg... Oh Boy.

23 Apr 2025

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The Most Astonishing Theory of Black Holes Ever Proposed

22 Apr 2025

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Why Universal Skepticism Is Philosophy's Greatest Deception

19 Apr 2025

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Today we are joined by philosopher Jennifer Nagel for a take-no-prisoners look at universal skepticism—philosophy’s greatest deception. We unpack ...

Debunking the “All Possible Paths” Myth: What Feynman Really Showed

17 Apr 2025

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The "All At Once" Universe Shatters Our View of Time

11 Apr 2025

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Today we are joined by physicist and philosopher Emily Adlam for her first appearance on Theories of Everything to challenge one of the deepest assump...

The Theory of Gravity That Shouldn't Exist

09 Apr 2025

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How AI Healthcare Will Change the World

07 Apr 2025

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Is Earth Being Monitored By Aliens? | Robin Hanson

26 Mar 2025

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Hacking Life's Code: The Future of Bioelectric Medicine | Michael Levin

21 Mar 2025

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Dr. Michael Levin is on the verge of revolutionizing medicine by unlocking the bioelectric code that governs how cells communicate, heal, and build co...

The Emergence of the Super Point from Nothing

20 Mar 2025

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Harvard Scientist Rewrites the Rules of Quantum Mechanics | Scott Aaronson Λ Jacob Barandes

04 Mar 2025

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Join Curt Jaimungal as he welcomes Harvard physicist Jacob Barandes, who claims quantum mechanics can be reformulated without wave functions, alongsid...

The Science of New States of Consciousness | Andrés Gómez Emilsson

26 Feb 2025

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Andrés Gómez Emilsson, director of the Qualia Research Institute and a pioneering researcher in the mathematical study of consciousness, explores th...

Academia's Darkest Secret: The Graduate Student Crisis... | Tyler Cowen

21 Feb 2025

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In today's episode of Theories of Everything, Tyler Cowen proposes that tariffs erode economic efficiency, ultimately passing much of the burden onto ...

The Complete Consciousness Iceberg | 2 Hours of Obscure Consciousness Theories Explained

20 Feb 2025

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"There is No Quantum Multiverse" | Jacob Barandes

18 Feb 2025

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In this episode, Curt Jaimungal speaks with Jacob Barandes, a theoretical physicist from Harvard, about the complexities of quantum mechanics. They ex...

How Free Energy Constructs Our Reality | Michael Levin and Karl Friston

14 Feb 2025

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Curt Jaimungal is joined by Michael Levin and Karl Friston. This conversation incorporates insights from physics and information theory, particularly ...

Top AI Scientist Unifies Wolfram, Leibniz, & Consciousness | William Hahn

11 Feb 2025

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Can the Future Influence the Past? Retrocausality in Quantum Theory | Ruth Kastner

07 Feb 2025

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What 100 Years of Quantum Physics Got Wrong | Jacob Barandes Λ Manolis Kellis

04 Feb 2025

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A New Era in Quantum Mechanics Is Here... | Jacob Barandes

30 Jan 2025

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Breakthrough Biology Research: Consciousness Beyond the Brain | Michael Levin & Anna Ciaunica

29 Jan 2025

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In this episode, developmental biologist Michael Levin and cognitive scientist Anna Ciaunica examine how cellular intelligence challenges our traditio...

Quantum Physics Missing Link Discovered... [Geometric Quantization]

26 Jan 2025

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The classical and quantum worlds are not as apart as we thought. Eva Miranda, a renowned researcher in symplectic and Poisson geometry, explains how ...

Why the Godfather of AI Now Fears His Creation (ft. Geoffrey Hinton)

18 Jan 2025

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How Deep Does Consciousness Go? | Iceberg of Consciousness Layer 5

17 Jan 2025

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The Hardest Question No Religion Can Answer... | David Bentley Hart

11 Jan 2025

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David Bentley Hart is a renowned author, philosopher, religious studies scholar, and theologian. In today's episode David explores the problem of evil...

Math Will Never Be The Same Again... | Yang-Hui He

03 Jan 2025

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This episode features Yang-Hui He, a mathematical physicist and professor known for his groundbreaking work in string theory, geometry, and AI-driven ...

The String Theory Debate (Peter Woit & Joseph Conlon)

28 Dec 2024

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The Cosmos Is Made of Consciousness | Matthew Segall

24 Dec 2024

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A (Gentle) Introduction to Quantum Computing | Maria Violaris

17 Dec 2024

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We Were Wrong About Religion | Jonathan Pageau

12 Dec 2024

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In today's episode of Theories of Everything, Curt Jaimungal speaks to Jonathan Pageau about a cognitive theory of everything where symbolism, purpose...

What's Wrong With (Fundamental) Physics? | Sabine Hossenfelder

07 Dec 2024

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Iain McGilchrist: The Potential of the Human Brain

26 Nov 2024

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In today's episode of Theories of Everything, Curt Jaimungal sits down with Iain McGilchrist to dive deep into the practical implications of his groun...

The Consciousness Iceberg: CTMU, Hofstadter, Penrose, CEMI, McGilchrist [Layer 4]

22 Nov 2024

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Explore the deepest mysteries of consciousness in Layer 4 of the Consciousness Iceberg: Strange loops, quantum theories, CTMU, and more. Dive into the...

Avshalom Elitzur: A New Theory of Time

19 Nov 2024

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In this episode of Theories of Everything, Curt Jaimungal speaks with physicist Avshalom Elitzur, co-creator of the famous bomb-testing experiment, as...

Julian Barbour: The Physicist Who Says Time Doesn't Exist

16 Nov 2024

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In today's episode of Theories of Everything, Curt Jaimungal and Julian Barbour challenge conventional physics by exploring Barbour's revolutionary id...

There is No Wave Function | Jacob Barandes

13 Nov 2024

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In today’s episode, Jacob, a physicist specializing in quantum mechanics, explores groundbreaking ideas on measurement, the role of probabilistic la...

MIT Scientist on Unifying Cognition and Biology | Manolis Kellis

08 Nov 2024

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In today’s episode, MIT computational biologist Manolis Kellis dive into the hidden patterns linking DNA, evolution, and cognition, exploring a pote...

Did 100 Years of Physics Just Shift? | Chiara Marletto

04 Nov 2024

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In today's episode, Chiara Marletto and Professor Vlatko Vedral explore a groundbreaking experiment that could reveal the quantum nature of gravity, p...

The Crisis in String Theory is Worse Than You Think...[feat. Leonard Susskind]

31 Oct 2024

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In today's episode, we are joined by Leonard Susskind, the renowned theoretical physicist often called the "Father of String Theory," who has profound...

The Scientist Researching Morphic Fields | Rupert Sheldrake

22 Oct 2024

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In today's episode, biologist Rupert Sheldrake, a former research fellow at Cambridge University with a PhD in biochemistry, explores the concepts of ...

The Genius Exposing Quantum Gravity | Carlo Rovelli

15 Oct 2024

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Carlo Rovelli is a renowned theoretical physicist and author, best known for his work on loop quantum gravity, a leading candidate for a theory of qua...

"We Have Physics Completely Backwards!" | Gabriele Carcassi

11 Oct 2024

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Gabriele Carcassi is a dedicated physicist and software engineer based in Michigan, leading the innovative "Assumptions of Physics" project to redefin...

AI Expert on the Dawn of Conscious Machines | William Hahn

08 Oct 2024

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William Hahn is Director of AGI & AI Safety and the founder of Hahn AI, a company that develops cutting-edge AI solutions. William is a technologist a...

Fall Asleep to Physics Theories 10 Hours ★︎ World's Top Theoretical Physicists ★︎ Sleep Playlist

07 Oct 2024

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Monumental Breakthrough in Mathematics (Part 2) | Edward Frenkel

02 Oct 2024

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20th Century’s Greatest Living Scientist | Sir Roger Penrose

28 Sep 2024

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Retired Off Apple Stock Then Revolutionized Physics Living in Hawaii | Garrett Lisi

25 Sep 2024

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Garrett Lisi is a theoretical physicist known for his work on the "Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything," which proposes that the E8 Lie group ca...