
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Chaitin's Theorem, Ai, UFOs
Neil deGrasse Tyson joins Curt to explore Chaitin's incompleteness theorem, the limits of AI, and the UFO debate, while weaving philosophy and physics into a lively conversation. They also tackle the role of evidence in science and discuss upcoming cosmic threats.- 00:00:00 - Introduction- 00:02:52 - What Neil is working on- 00:04:57 - What fundamental aspect of our universe will change?- 00:06:27 - Nobel Prize, Bell's Inequality, and Locality- 00:09:27 - Chaitin's Incompleteness Theorem- 00:13:59 - The role of philosophy in physics- 00:17:32 - Norton's Dome- 00:29:24 - Carlo Rovelli, Lee Smolin, and John Baez on Philosophy- 00:39:50 - The limitations of the scientific method- 00:45:48 - Whistleblower David Grusch and UFO "testimony"- 00:49:15 - The government is not as incompetent as people say- 00:56:09 - Increscent evidence and extraordinary claims- 00:57:44 - If Neil encountered an alien but didn't film it, what would he do?- 01:06:18 - Analyses by Kevin Knuth, et al.'s on UAP radar- 01:07:54 - Why not apply "where's the evidence" to String Theory and the social "sciences"?- 01:13:32 - How Neil prepares for interviews and speeches- 01:25:10 - Straw man vs. the Strongest man (Neil disparagers the UFO topic)- 01:31:05 - Curt suggests Neil may have a biased set...- 01:37:35 - Debunking that Aristotle thought heavier bodies fall faster- 01:41:19 - Neil doesn't have "beliefs"- 01:46:09 - Impending asteroids colliding with Earth- 01:48:42 - Curt proposes a bet on the UAP topic to Neil...- 01:57:03 - Closing thoughtsSPONSORS:- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal- Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE- PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast...- Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b9...- Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeveryt...- TOE Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerchRESOURCES:- YouTube link: https://youtu.be/HhWWlJFwTqs- Neil deGrasse Tyson's NEW book - Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization: https://amzn.to/3QaXBn5- Norton's Dome: https://sites.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/Good...- Richard Borcherd's video on Aristotle: https://youtu.be/MHTgCXdBohs- Alex O'Connor's NDT podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukhmq...- Kevin Knuth's UAP Analysis: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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