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Episode 19: Ultimate Reality


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What is Ultimate Reality? We react to an interview by PBS' Closer to Truth with Dr. Lothar Schafer, accredited Quantum Chemist and philosopher. 

 

References:

Lothar Schafer Interview on Closer to Truth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwkCXjRn2NA

Hyperspace by Michio Kaku: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperspace_(book)

Electrons jump between orbitals instantaneously: https://wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/2014/06/18/how-can-an-electron-leap-between-atomic-levels-without-passing-through-all-the-space-in-between/#:~:text=An%20atomic%20electron%20spreads%20out,wave%20shapes%20called%20%22orbitals%22.&text=But%20the%20electron%20does%20not,it%20does%20not%20instantaneously%20leap.

Alan Watts on the Big Bang: https://youtu.be/ZYffSEV7pdw

Ben Gortzel: https://youtu.be/6pcSKBrsDPw

Bill Clinton Scandal "Is": https://slate.com/news-and-politics/1998/09/bill-clinton-and-the-meaning-of-is.html

Predicting random coin flips: https://cocosci.princeton.edu/tom/papers/LabPublications/WilliamsPeopleBadRandom.pdf

Boltzmann brain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boltzmann_brain

Infinite monkey theorem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem#:~:text=The%20infinite%20monkey%20theorem%20states,complete%20works%20of%20William%20Shakespeare.

 

Outro music — From Fireflies to Thunderstorms by Eric Mulhern: https://soundcloud.com/faero/from-fireflies-to-thunderstorms

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