In this conversation, Sam Harris speaks with Frank Wilczek about the fundamental nature of reality. They discuss the difference between science and non-science, the role of intuition in science, the nature of time, the prospect that possibility is an illusion, the current limits of quantum mechanics, the uncertainty principle, space-time as a substance, the “unreasonable effectiveness” of mathematics in science, the possibility that we might be living in a simulation, the fundamental building blocks of matter, the structure of atoms, the four fundamental forces, wave-particle duality, the electromagnetic spectrum, the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, the implications of infinite space-time, dark energy and dark matter, and other topics.
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#184 — The Conversational Nature of Reality
#183 — A Conversation with Paul Bloom
#182 — Unlearning Race
#181 — The Illusory Self
#180 — Sex & Power
#179 — The Unquiet Mind
#178 — The Reality Illusion
#177 — Psychedelic Science
#176 — Knowledge & Redemption
#175 — Leaving the Faith
#174 — Life & Mind
#173 — Anti-Semitism and Its Discontents
#172 — Among the Deplorables
#171 — Escaping a Christian Cult
#170 — The Great Uncoupling
#169 — Omens of a Race War
#168 — Mind, Space, & Motion
#167 — A Few Thoughts on White Supremacy
#166 — The Plague Years
#165 — Journey into Wokeness
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