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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#257 — The State of the World
Ask Me Anything #17
#256 — A Contagion of Bad Ideas
#255 — The Future of Intelligence
#254 — The Mating Strategies of Earthlings
#253 — Corporate Courage
#252 — Are We Alone in the Universe?
#251 — Corporate Cowardice
#250 — Broken Conversations
#249 — Distance & Arrival
#248 — Order & Freedom
Special Episode: Engineering the Apocalypse
#247 — Constructing Minds
#246 — Police Training & Police Misconduct
#245 — Can We Talk About Scary Ideas?
#244 — Food, Climate, and Pandemic Risk
#243 — A Few Points of Confusion
#242 — Psychedelics and the Self
#241 — Final Thoughts on Free Will
#240 — The Boundaries of Self
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