A Global Pandemic weighing heavily on the mind of the only animal in the known universe aware of its own mortality humans we are the theoretical physicist who helped bring string theory in the multiverse into the public eye professor brian greene about what we can learn about our deaths from the ever present cosmic chaos that could imminently destroy our reality plus why is modern physics like magic why is human consciousness cosmically in comprehensible and his free will just a man made construct in a reality based on probability all this more coming up in todays going underground lets not go straight to professor brian greene of Columbia University whose book until the end of time mind matter in our search for meaning in an evolving universe is out brian welcome to going underground we dont have until the end of time obviously to talk about his book but we could talk for ages i know every individual say that they may have read the elegant universe the fabric of the cause mostly in re
A very specific and all empowering. For you and for all of us and for Quantum Mechanics we have well certainly when you realize that we are the singular species on the planet that knows about our own impermanence knows about our own mortality you recognize that it is a powerful force in driving the behaviors that we humans execute and what i do in the book is id juxtapose that realization of our own impermanence with the realization of science that the universe is impermanent so theres a wonderful interplay and reflection between the cosmic version of this idea and the human version of this idea that people may think they know what entropy is maybe maybe some of yours wouldnt you seem to say entropy is a key to our and it is of daily life and the unit absolutely is i try to lay out the entire history of the universe from the beginning to the closest that we can get to the end there are 2 principles that govern that unfolding one principle is evolution which is familiar to many people b
Im Afshin Rattansi and youre watching going underground as the corona virus continues to engulf europe and as many across the u. K. Isolate themselves in their own homes on wednesdays show going underground well continue to bring you the news not covered by the Mainstream Media or be it with interviews recorded remotely but until then im a government advice seen by many is confusing and in some cases contradictory weve prepared this for todays program with a Global Pandemic weighing heavily on the mind of the only animal in the known universe aware of its own mortality humans we are the theoretical physicist who helped bring string theory in the multiverse into the public eye professor brian greene about what we can learn about our death from the ever present cosmic chaos that could imminently destroy our reality plus why is modern physics like magic why is human consciousness cosmically in call brands of all and his free will just a man made construct in a reality based on probability
Im Afshin Rattansi and youre watching going underground as the corona virus continues to engulf europe and as many across the u. K. Isolate themselves in their own homes on wednesdays show going underground well continue to bring you the news not covered by the Mainstream Media albeit with interviews recorded remotely but until then i made government advice seen by many as confusing and in some cases contradictory weve prepared this for todays program with a Global Pandemic weighing heavily on the mind of the only animal in the known universe aware of its own mortality humans we are the theoretical physicist who helped bring string theory in the multiverse into the public eye professor brian greene about what we can learn about our debts from the ever present cosmic chaos that could imminently destroy our reality plus why is one physics like magic why is human consciousness cosmically in comprehensible and his free will just a manmade construct in a reality based on probability all thi
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