In this episode of the podcast, I talk to my good friend Paolo Pichini, who is a research physicist studying in Sweden, about his research on black hole mergers. He explains the theories that are being researched by himself and his team who are trying to predict gravitational wave potentials using singular point particle physics to represent these massive anomalies in our universe. We dive into the topic of quantum field theory and dabble in the ideas of modern science while taking a look at the ideas of consciousness, dream states, physical reality, and the universe itself. Ideas about aliens, chakras, resonance, physics, and God are but a few topics discussed in this crazy journey of a conversation. Join us in our adventure to discover the human mind. @ 0:00 Introduction @ 0:54 The Ph.D. Thesis: Black Hole Mergers, Gravitational Waves, Simulations of The Most Massive Reactions Using The Smallest of The Small, An Unusual Angle @ 2:17 Black Holes, What Are They? How Are They Described? Their Relationship To The Atomic World and The Similarities To Elementary Particle Physics @ 3:26 What is Quantum Field Theory and How We Use QFT to Make Predictions on Low Energy Gravitational Wave Emission @ 7:09 Particle Interactions, Describing The Universe Using Basic Properties To Simplify Complex Problems, Fixed Paths, and Determinism @ 8:42 Applying The Methods to Spinning Black Holes, Quantum Mechanical Spin, Infinitely Spinning Objects and Summing up The Modes of Rotation @ 12:18 From Theory To Observation, Deriving The Physical, Creating New Measurement Tools Through Highly Theoretical Techniques. @ 14:03 Life as a Ph.D. A Student in Theoretical Physics, Living Through One of The Toughest Programs @ 15:10 Background, Going Back Into The Roots, Early Life in Italy @ 16:48 Why Physics? The Driving Factors, Motivation, And Inspirations @ 20:24 Life After the Ph.D. and Life as a Researcher, The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly @ 24:20 Meditation, Spirituality, Chakras, Music, Vibrational Nodes, Resonance, Life, The Matrix, And The Connection To Physics @ 31:33 The Objective Vs The Subjective, The Metaphysical Universe, Physical Manifestations of Consciousness, The Experience of Life, Death, And Beyond @ 33:46 Stream of Consciousness, Patterns, Flow Formations in The Matrix @ 35:05 The Meaning of Life, The Rise of Technology and Science, Alien Lifeforms, and How to Understand The Human Race @ 38:55 Comparing The Scales, From Cosmic to Atomic @ 43:00 Dreams & The Subconscious, Diving Deeper Into The Human Mind, Lucidity, How to Tell Dreams From Reality, Are We Hallucinating Our Consciousness, Projections from The Conscious Into The Subconscious and Vice Versa @ 48:55 Altered States, Death, And The Physical Perspective on Perception @ 52:05 Outro