Our conversation with CERN’s Achintya Rao started with everyday life under COVID-19 and went into the deep mysteries of the universe.

In the conversation, we discussed:

— how do you talk about fundamental physics to laypeople (like Petko)

— how can we bridge science and spirituality

— what’s the justification for investing in large-scale scientific projects

— what is the ROI of fundamental science

— what experiments are being conducted at CERN right now?

— what is Achintya‘s favorite antimatter hypothesis being tested now

We also casually invoked Feynman, Dawkins, and the Pope. Listen up!

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All the show notes are at ratio.bg/podcast/94

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