Sean Carroll: The Crisis in (Fundamental) Physics is Worse Than You Think...

Sean Carroll examines why the crisis in fundamental physics is deepening, from holographic ideas to the difficulty of funding unconventional research. He also delves into philosophical questions, discussing poetic naturalism, morality, and aesthetics in science.- 00:00 - Intro- 01:23 - Sean’s Current Work (Holographic Principle)- 07:02 - Duality in De Sitter Spacetime- 14:24 - “Let’s Talk About Philosophy”- 30:36 - The Crisis in Fundamental Physics- 45:02 - Pseudoscience / Heterodox Ideas- 50:30 - Unconventional Physics Theories- 56:02 - Funding Unconventional Theories- 01:00:58 - “The Experimenters Are Guided by Theorists”- 01:02:45 - Sean’s Latest Paper “Beyond Falsifiability”- 01:11:17 - Poetic Naturalism- 01:13:00 - Morals, Aesthetics, Philosophy- 01:16:44 - Boltzman- 01:22:25 - The Big Bang- 01:24:58 - Holography / Quantum Gravity- 01:28:40 - “Publish or Perish!”- 01:33:30 - Dark Matter- 01:36:05 - Something New to Blow Your Mind- 01:39:22 - Loop Quantum Gravity- 01:49:56 - Outro / Support TOESPONSORS:- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal (early access to ad-free audio episodes!)- Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE- PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE- TOE Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerchRESOURCES:- YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/9AoRxtYZrZo- Join TOEmail at https://www.curtjaimungal.org- Peter Woit Podcast: https://youtu.be/9z3JYb_g2Qs- Lee Smolin Podcast: https://youtu.be/uOKOodQXjhc- Neil Turok Podcast: https://youtu.be/ZUp9x44N3uE- String Theory Iceberg Video: https://youtu.be/X4PdPnQuwjY- Article on Quantum Microtubule Phenomenon: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07936- Sean Carroll's Article: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2008/03/06/being-a-heretic-is-hard-work- Sean Carroll's Beyond Falsifiability Article: https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.05016- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theoriesofeverythingpod- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theoriesofeverything_- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802- Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e- Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices