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What really happens when you fall into a black hole? Physicist Neil Turok unveils a radical theory: there is no inside—only a mirror. You meet your antimatter twin, and annihilation follows. No multiverse. No extra dimensions. No information loss. Just elegant math and CPT symmetry. This is the simplest—and most profound—explanation of black holes to date. It rewrites what we thought we knew about the universe itself.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

04:14 The Paradox of Information Loss

11:04 CPT Symmetry and Its Implications

19:09 Stuckelberg's Insights on Antiparticles

29:34 The Black Mirror Solution Explained

41:21 Dramatic Encounters at the Horizon

51:51 The Unexpected Nature of the Metric

59:46 Exploring Quantum Effects in Black Holes

1:05:04 Black Hole Entropy and Observations

1:10:13 The Universe: Superposed and Entangled

1:15:15 The Economist's Insights

1:15:29 Quantum Mechanics and Classicality

1:20:35 Simplicity in Cosmology

1:21:58 The DESE Experiment and Dark Energy

1:26:40 The Cosmological Constant Dilemma

1:31:13 The Bet on Cosmological Theories

1:32:06 The UFO Debate with Neil deGrasse Tyson

1:34:52 The Nature of Time and Understanding

1:36:44 Spinning Galaxies and Cosmic Alignment

1:38:44 Understanding the Black Hole Model

1:41:59 The Mirror Universe Concept

1:49:41 Dimension Zero Scalars in Physics

1:55:15 Solving the Hierarchy Problem

1:56:46 The Future of Physics

2:14:06 Advice for Young Physicists

Links Mentioned:

- On the analytic extension of regular rotating black holes (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.11322

- Comment (2) on “Quantum Transfiguration of Kruskal Black Holes” (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.04650

- Black Mirrors: CPT-Symmetric Alternatives to Black Holes (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.09558

- Path integral formulation (Wiki): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_integral_formulation#Feynman's_interpretation

- The dominant model of the universe is creaking (article): https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/06/19/the-dominant-model-of-the-universe-is-creaking

- Particle Creation by Black Holes (paper): https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=-AEEg5AAAAAJ&citation_for_view=-AEEg5AAAAAJ:maZDTaKrznsC

- The distribution of galaxy rotation in JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.18781

- Cancelling the vacuum energy and Weyl anomaly in the standard model with dimension-zero scalar fields (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.06258

- Gravitational entropy and the flatness, homogeneity and isotropy puzzles (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.07279

- Radiative Mass Mechanism: Addressing the Flavour Hierarchy and Strong CP Puzzle (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2411.13385

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Today we are joined by philosopher Jennifer Nagel for a take-no-prisoners look at universal skepticism—philosophy’s greatest deception. We unpack why doubt itself is the ultimate illusion, how knowledge is primitive instant recognition, and what this means for self, free will & consciousness.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

01:28 The Nature of Knowledge

10:58 Philosophers and the Skeptical Mindset

16:57 Types of Skepticism

22:27 Exploring Knowledge Attribution

29:51 The Illusion of Knowledge

34:16 Knowing Without Knowing

38:10 Writing About Knowledge

46:10 Analyzing Knowledge

55:08 The Gettier Problem and Its Challenges

1:01:10 The Functionality of Knowledge

1:11:23 Collaborative Understanding of Knowledge

2:10:00 Understanding and Consciousness

2:26:32 Truth and Its Nature

2:32:16 Superposition and Contradictions

2:32:19 Conclusion

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- Knowledge: A Very Short Introduction (book): https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Very-Short-Introduction-Introductions/dp/019966126X

- Knowledge and its Limits (book): https://www.amazon.ca/Knowledge-its-Limits-Timothy-Williamson/dp/019925656X

- Very Short Introductions (series): https://www.google.com/search?q=a+very+short+introduction+to+series&sca_esv=3da4db664be6b3a1&ei=ypX6Z6flHsDniLMP2v2QkQk&ved=0ahUKEwin8oSB9tKMAxXAM2IAHdo-JJIQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=a+very+short+introduction+to+series&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiI2EgdmVyeSBzaG9ydCBpbnRyb2R1Y3Rpb24gdG8gc2VyaWVzMgUQABiABDILEAAYgAQYhgMYigUyCxAAGIAEGIYDGIoFMgsQABiABBiGAxiKBTIIEAAYogQYiQUyCBAAGIAEGKIEMggQABiABBiiBDIFEAAY7wVIqBRQxAtYwBBwAXgAkAEAmAFZoAGtAqoBATS4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgSgAocCwgIKEAAYsAMY1gQYR8ICDRAuGIAEGLADGEMYigXCAg0QABiABBiwAxhDGIoFwgIPEAAYgAQYQxiKBRhGGPsBwgIbEAAYgAQYQxiKBRhGGPsBGJcFGIwFGN0E2AEBwgIGEAAYBxgemAMAiAYBkAYKugYGCAEQARgTkgcBNKAHph6yBwEzuAf_AQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#wgvs=e

- Time: A Very Short Introduction (book): https://www.amazon.ca/Time-Short-Introduction-Jenann-Ismael/dp/0198832664

- Laplace meets Godel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB3tS7j7nNU

- Flexible Goals (paper): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/cogs.13195

- The Legend of the Justified True Belief Analysis (paper): https://philpapers.org/archive/DUTTLO-3.pdf

- Lay Denial of Knowledge for Justified True Beliefs (paper): https://philpapers.org/archive/NAGLDO

- TOE’s Consciousness Iceberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDjnEiys98o

- Matt Segal on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeTm4fSXpbM

- Curt reads Plato’s Cave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PurNlwnxwfY

- David Bentley Hart on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEAgVvW9i10

- Donald Hoffman on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmieNQH7Q4w&t=1s

- Iain McGilchrist on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-SgOwc6Pe4&t=6326s&ab_channel=CurtJaimungal

- Geoffrey Hinton on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_DUft-BdIE

- John Vervaeke on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVj1KYGyesI&t=1s

- Wolfgang Smith on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp18_L_y_30

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- Donald Hoffman and Philip Goff on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmaIBxkqcT4

- Robert Sapolsky on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0IqA1hYKY8&pp=ygUUY3VydCByb2JlcnQgc2Fwb2xza3k%3D

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- Tim Maudlin on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU1bs5o3nss

- Sean Carroll on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AoRxtYZrZo

- Eva Miranda on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XyMepn-AZo

- Mithuna’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LookingGlassUniverse

- Mithuna Yoganathan on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2ct0zv_M-I

- Defining light (article): https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/p/well-technically

- What is energy, actually? (article): https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/p/what-is-energy-actually

- TOE’s String Theory Iceberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4PdPnQuwjY

- Paper on Bell’s Theorem: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.17521

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Today we are joined by physicist and philosopher Emily Adlam for her first appearance on Theories of Everything to challenge one of the deepest assumptions in science: that time flows. In this thought-provoking conversation, Adlam presents her “all-at-once” view of physics, where the universe is more like a completed Sudoku puzzle than a film playing forward. We explore the measurement problem in quantum mechanics, the role of the observer, the illusion of causality, and why these foundational questions demand both philosophical clarity and scientific precision.

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•⁠ ⁠Emily’s profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emily-Adlam

•⁠ ⁠Spooky Action at a Temporal Distance (paper): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7512241/pdf/entropy-20-00041.pdf

•⁠ ⁠Quantum Field Theory and the Limits of Reductionism (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2407.20457

•⁠ ⁠Two Roads of Retrocausality (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.12934

•⁠ ⁠Taxonomy for Physics Beyond Quantum Mechanics (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.12293

•⁠ ⁠Strong Determinism (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2203.02886

•⁠ ⁠Carlo Rovelli on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF4SAketEHY

•⁠ ⁠Stephen Wolfram on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YRlQQw0d-4

•⁠ ⁠Emily interviewed about Nonlocality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR7aPlZg7dE&ab_channel=GeorgeMusser

•⁠ ⁠Tim Palmer on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlklA6jsS8A

•⁠ ⁠Tim Maudlin on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU1bs5o3nss

•⁠ ⁠Algorithmic Randomness and Probabilistic Laws (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.01411

•⁠ ⁠Governing Without a Fundamental Direction of Time (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2109.09226

•⁠ ⁠Matt Segal on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeTm4fSXpbM

•⁠ ⁠Jacob Barandes on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oWip00iXbo&list=PLZ7ikzmc6zlN6E8KrxcYCWQIHg2tfkqvR&index=33

•⁠ ⁠Sabine Hossenfelder on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3y-Z0pgupg&t=1s

•⁠ ⁠Bernardo Kastrup and Sabine on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJmBmopxc1k&t=755s&ab_channel=CurtJaimungal

•⁠ ⁠Sean Carroll on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AoRxtYZrZo

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

00:56 Observers in Quantum Mechanics

02:15 The Measurement Problem

06:23 Dogmas in Quantum Foundations

08:24 Causation and Its Philosophical Implications

09:12 The Arrow of Time and Its Mysteries

10:28 Exploring Coarse Graining and Reductionism

13:21 Non-Locality: Temporal vs. Spatial

16:06 The Nature of Non-Locality

19:34 Temporal Non-Locality and Its Implications

21:51 Retrocausality: The All-at-Once Perspective

26:25 The Measurement Problem and All-at-Once Framework

28:24 Observer-Centric Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics

31:29 Probabilities in Physics

32:51 The Process Matrix and Causal Structures

38:33 Foundations of Physics and Philosophy

1:05:16 The Emergence of Space-Time

1:08:11 Exploring Correlations in Physical Parameters

1:10:44 Epistemology of the Measurement Problem

1:13:26 Lessons in Patience and Persistence

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Today we are joined by theoretical physicist Claudia de Rham for her return appearance on Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal to discuss the possibility that gravity itself has mass. In this mind-bending conversation, she explores how this idea challenges long-held assumptions in general relativity and opens the door to a new understanding of dark energy and the structure of the universe. We also dive into the frontiers of cosmology, quantum gravity, and what it means to question the foundations of physics.

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Links Mentioned:

•⁠ ⁠The Beauty of Falling (Claudia’s book): https://amzn.to/4i4Z9cx

•⁠ ⁠Claudia’s published papers: https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/c.de-rham/publications

•⁠ ⁠Claudia’s first appearance on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve_Mpd6dGv8&t=83s&ab_channel=CurtJaimungal

•⁠ ⁠Carlo Rovelli on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF4SAketEHY

•⁠ ⁠Curt’s Substack article on energy: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/p/what-is-energy-actually

•⁠ ⁠Neil Turok on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUp9x44N3uE

•⁠ ⁠Tim Palmer on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlklA6jsS8A

•⁠ ⁠DESI article on The Economist: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/06/19/the-dominant-model-of-the-universe-is-creaking

•⁠ ⁠String Theory Iceberg on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4PdPnQuwjY

•⁠ ⁠Leonard Susskind on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p_Hlm6aCok

•⁠ ⁠Chiara Marletto and Vlatko Vedral on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uey_mUy1vN0

•⁠ ⁠TOE’s telling of “The Dark History of Anti-Gravity”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBA3RUxkZdc

•⁠ ⁠Positive Signs in Massive Gravity (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/1601.04068

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

01:20 - Claudia's Approach

09:11 - Claudia's Motivation

14:45 - Dark Energy

23:35 - Causality

27:19 - Other Approaches

45:10 - New Physics

50:47 - Dark Energy (continued)

57:36 - Quantum Gravity / String Theory

01:14:10 - Gravitons & Photons

01:21:44 - Symmetry

01:30:25 - Double Slit Experiment

01:50:15 - Cosmology

01:54:45 - Massive Graviton

02:00:10 - Conclusion

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What if you had a thousand doctors working for you 24/7, at virtually no cost? In this episode of Theories of Everything, a panel of leading AI and medical experts explores how “medical swarms” of intelligent agents could revolutionize healthcare, making personalized, concierge-level treatment accessible to all. This isn’t science fiction, it’s the near future and it will change everyone’s life.

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•⁠ ⁠Ekkolapto: https://www.ekkolapto.org/polymath

•⁠ ⁠Ekkolapto’s Longevity Hackathon: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy5dPSW_KkniuHpoLwlzkYcxhxn50Mn0T

•⁠ ⁠William Hahn’s lab: https://mpcrlab.com/

•⁠ ⁠Michael Levin’s presentation at ekkolapto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exdz2HKP7u0

•⁠ ⁠Gil Blander’s InsideTracker (website): https://blog.insidetracker.com/

•⁠ ⁠Dan Elton’s website: https://www.moreisdifferent.com/

•⁠ ⁠FAU’s Sandbox: https://www.fau.edu/sandbox/

•⁠ ⁠Will Hahn on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr4R7eh5f_M&t=1s

•⁠ ⁠Will Hahn’s in-person interview on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fkg0uTA3qU

•⁠ ⁠Michael Levin on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8iFtaltX-s

•⁠ ⁠Stephen Wolfram on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YRlQQw0d-4

•⁠ ⁠Neil Turok’s lecture on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gwhqmPqRl4&list=PLZ7ikzmc6zlOYgTu7P4nfjYkv3mkikyBa&index=13

•⁠ ⁠Robin Hanson on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEomfUU4PDs

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•⁠ ⁠Joscha Bach on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MNBxfrmfmI

•⁠ ⁠Manolis Kellis on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g56lxZwnaqg

•⁠ ⁠Geoffrey Hinton on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_DUft-BdIE

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

4:43 A New Approach to Healthcare

5:33 AI in Medical Imaging

7:40 Cognitive Models

11:09 Education in Medicine

23:02 Exploring the Boundaries of AI

32:04 The Future of AI in Medicine

37:20 Swarming Agents

41:49 The Ethics of AI in Healthcare

45:17 AI into Clinical Practice

55:58 Preparing for an AI-Driven Future

1:15:03 The Human Element in Medicine

1:17:19 Emotional Intelligence in AI

1:20:11 Unified Theory in Medicine

1:21:31 Conclusion

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Is Earth being monitored by an advanced civilization one million years ahead of us? And does this alien civilization actually share an ancient past with humanity? Economist Robin Hanson explores a provocative theory suggesting that highly evolved extraterrestrials may be subtly observing us—either as caretakers or as part of a long-running experiment. From there, the conversation delves into the intricacies of academic funding and the peer review process.

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- Robin’s blog: https://www.overcomingbias.com/

- Robin’s profile: https://economics.gmu.edu/people/rhanson

- Robin’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Age-Em-Work-Robots-Earth/dp/0198754620

- Tyler Cowen on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwieLd7Lyc8&ab_channel=CurtJaimungal

- Gregory Chaitin on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoEuav8G6sY

- Matthew Segal on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeTm4fSXpbM

- Daniel Van Zant’s article on incentive markets: https://www.danielvanzant.com/p/breakthrough-incentive-markets

- Michael Levin on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8iFtaltX-s

- Lue Elizondo on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAmFlLfsZKM

- Ross Coulthart on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQnGcX7oxms

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

01:36 - The Great Filter

05:38 - Where Are The Aliens?

09:13 - UFOs

16:50 - Panspermia

23:05 - Alien Hierarchies

27:30 - Alien Culture & Motivations

33:18 - Probability of Aliens

39:18 - Truth

49:41 - Fall of Academia

01:11:27 - Peer Review

01:20:22 - Ranking Ideas

01:23:09 - The System is “Broken”

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Dr. Michael Levin is on the verge of revolutionizing medicine by unlocking the bioelectric code that governs how cells communicate, heal, and build complex structures. His work reveals that intelligence exists at every level of biology—allowing us to reprogram tissues, regenerate limbs, and even suppress cancer by restoring cellular memory and connection.

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- The Levin Lab (website): https://drmichaellevin.org/

- Michael’s blog: https://thoughtforms.life/

- Michael’s presentations: https://drmichaellevin.org/presentations/

- Michael and colleagues discussing anthrobots and other groundbreaking research on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG6GIzNM0aM

- ekkólapto (website): https://www.ekkolapto.org/

- ekkólapto Events: https://lu.ma/calendar/cal-GqNtzHBC2j8ARjb

- Curt Jaimungal’s presentation at Polymath: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCkMyjzQDeg

- Will Hahn on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr4R7eh5f_M

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

02:45 The Role of Bioelectricity in Medicine

7:00 Multi-Scale Problem Solving

7:55 The Intelligence of Development

11:41 Decoding Electrical Memories

12:29 The Power of Bioelectric Signals

13:20 Rewiring Cellular Communication

15:29 Cancer and Cellular Networks

16:30 Birth Defects and Bioelectricity

18:28 Regeneration and Bioelectric Pathways

22:50 Inducing Novel Organs

25:35 The Future of Medicine

26:24 Audience Interaction and Questions

31:34 The Future of Bioelectricity

38:55 Integrating Bioelectricity with Evolution

44:17 Preventative Strategies in Medicine

45:45 Closing Remarks and Resources

46:30 Conclusion

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I'm back, baby. I've been away traveling for podcasts and am excited to bring you new ones with Michael Levin, William Hahn, Robin Hanson, and Emily Riehl, coming up shortly. They're already recorded. I've been recovering from a terrible flu but pushed through it to bring you today's episode with Urs Schreiber. This one is quite mind-blowing. It's quite hairy mathematics, something called higher category theory, and how using this math (which examines the structure of structure) allows one manner of finding "something" from "nothing." Here, "nothing" means the empty set, and "something" is defined as fermions and even 11D supergravity. It's the first time this material has been presented in this manner. Enjoy.

NOTE: Link to technical details are here from Urs Schreiber: https://ncatlab.org/schreiber/show/Peri+Pantheorias

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Links Mentioned:

- nLab website: https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/HomePage

- Paper on category theory: https://people.math.osu.edu/cogdell.1/6112-Eilenberg&MacLane-www.pdf

- “Higher Topos Theory for Physics” (Urs’s talk): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD20W6vxMI4

- “Higher Topos Theory for Physics” (Urs’s paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.11026

- Stephen Wolfram on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YRlQQw0d-4

- Feynman’s thesis: https://faculty.washington.edu/seattle/physics541/2012-path-integrals/thesis.pdf

- Differential cohomology in a cohesive ∞-topos (Urs’s paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/1310.7930

- M-Theory from the Superpoint (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/1702.01774

- Character Map in Non-Abelian Cohomology, The: Twisted, Differential, and Generalized (textbook): https://amzn.to/4bFuz7H

- TOE’s String Theory Iceberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4PdPnQuwjY

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

01:27 The Creation of nLab

04:36 Philosophy Meets Physics

07:55 The Role of Mathematical Language

09:32 Emergence from Nothing

16:25 Towards a Theory of Everything

22:21 The Problem with Modern Physics

25:31 Diving into Category Theory

35:30 Understanding Adjunctions

41:46 The Significance of Duality

52:54 Exploring Toposes

1:14:20 The UNEDA Lemma and Generalized Spaces

1:16:37 Charts in Physics

1:20:55 Introduction to Infinitesimal Disks

1:23:56 The Emergence of Supergeometry

1:27:33 Transitioning to Gauge Theories

1:28:11 Exploring Singularities in Physics

1:32:50 The Role of Superformal Spaces

1:36:44 Functors and Their Implications

1:40:51 From Nothing to Emergent Structures

1:43:04 Hegel's Influence on Modern Physics

1:54:07 Discovering Higher-Dimensional Structures

1:56:30 The Path to 11-Dimensional Supergravity

1:57:21 Universal Central Extensions

2:03:21 The Journey to M-Theory

2:11:19 Globalizing the Structure of Supergravity

2:15:36 Understanding Global Charges in Physics

2:23:31 Dirac's Insights into Gauge Potentials

2:30:21 The Quest for Non-Perturbative Physics

2:39:04 Conclusion

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Join Curt Jaimungal as he welcomes Harvard physicist Jacob Barandes, who claims quantum mechanics can be reformulated without wave functions, alongside computer scientist Scott Aaronson. Barandes’ “indivisible” approach challenges the standard Schrödinger model, and Aaronson offers a healthy dose of skepticism in today's theolocution. Are we on the cusp of a radical rewrite of reality—or just rebranding the same quantum puzzles?

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

05:40 The Power of Quantum Computing

36:17 The Many Worlds Debate

1:09:05 Evaluating Jacob's Theory

1:13:49 Criteria for Theoretical Frameworks

1:17:15 Bohmian Mechanics and Stochastic Dynamics

1:18:51 Generalizing Quantum Theory

1:22:32 The Role of Unobservables

1:31:08 The Problem of Trajectories

1:39:39 Exploring Alternative Theories

1:50:29 The Stone Soup Analogy

1:56:20 The Limits of Quantum Mechanics

2:01:57 The Nature of Laws in Physics

2:14:57 The Many Worlds Interpretation

2:22:40 The Search for New Connections

Links Mentioned:

- Quantum theory, the Church–Turing principle and the universal quantum computer (article):

https://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall04/cos576/papers/deutsch85.pdf

- The Emergent Multiverse (book): https://amzn.to/3QJleSu

Jacob Barandes on TOE (Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oWip00iXbo&t=1s&ab_channel=CurtJaimungal

- Scott Aaronson on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZpGCQoL2Rk

- Quantum Theory From Five Reasonable Axioms (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/0101012

- Quantum stochastic processes and quantum non-Markovian phenomena (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.01894

- Jacob’s “Wigner’s Friend” flowchart: https://shared.jacobbarandes.com/images/wigners-friend-flow-chart-2025

- Is Quantum Mechanics An Island In Theory Space? (paper): https://www.scottaaronson.com/papers/island.pdf

- Aspects of Objectivity in Quantum Mechanics (paper): https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/223/1/Objectivity.pdf

- Quantum Computing Since Democritus (book): https://amzn.to/4bqVeoD

- The Ghost in the Quantum Turing Machine (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/1306.0159

- Quantum mechanics and reality (article): https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article/23/9/30/427387/Quantum-mechanics-and-realityCould-the-solution-to

- Stone Soup (book): https://amzn.to/4kgPamN

- TOE’s String Theory Iceberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4PdPnQuwjY

- TOE’s Mindfest playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ7ikzmc6zlOPw7Hqkc6-MXEMBy0fnZcb

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