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What Is Reality? - With Frank Wilczek

The Royal Institution via YouTube

Overview

Explore the fundamental concepts shaping our understanding of the universe in this thought-provoking lecture by Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek. Delve into the intricacies of time, space, matter, energy, complexity, and complementarity as Wilczek shares insights from his book "Fundamentals." Discover the speaker's groundbreaking work on the strong nuclear force and his pioneering concepts of Axions, Anyons, and Time Crystals. Journey through topics such as the cosmological timeline, cycles of time theory, antimatter imbalance, and the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in describing reality. Gain a deeper appreciation for the interplay between mind and matter, and contemplate the nature of reality itself in this intellectually stimulating presentation.

Syllabus

Intro
Humility
Audacity
Answers breed questions
Complementarity
Questions
The cosmological timeline
Cycles of time theory
Antimatter imbalance
Antimatter clumps
Break from physics
Complementarity in science
What is GDP
The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics
Mind and matter
The Hidden Spring

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The Royal Institution

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