Neil Turok on the simplicity of nature

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Neil Turok is a professor at the University of Edinburgh where he holds the Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics. He acted as the director of Perimeter Institute from 2008 to 2019 and now holds the Carlo Fidani Roger Penrose Distinguished Visiting Research Chair in Theoretical Physics at PI.
In this episode of Conversations at the Perimeter, he talks about his recent work that describes the Big Bang, how his research has been influenced by Stephen Hawking, and why he chooses to work on theories that have the potential to be proven wrong.
He also talks about his time as director of Perimeter Institute and describes the strategies he used to create a culture and community capable of fostering breakthroughs. It's a fascinating conversation, and Neil is uniquely gifted in describing both the biggest questions in theoretical physics and the best strategies for answering them.
Conversations at the Perimeter is co-hosted by Perimeter Teaching Faculty member Lauren Hayward and journalist-turned-science communicator Colin Hunter. In each episode, they chat with a guest scientist about their research, the challenges they encounter, and the drive that keeps them searching for answers.
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  • @user-oj9qy8mj6f
    @user-oj9qy8mj6f26 күн бұрын

    As a retired physicist, I look up to Prof. Turok and his wonderful attitude to science in general. All should take inspiration from his attitude.

  • @hartejdhiman4438

    @hartejdhiman4438

    24 күн бұрын

    Why'd you retire? I'm guessing it's because you follow his inane brand of fluff and it didn't get you anywhere. I'm struggling to see if he really explains anything instead of repeatedly claiming the universe is simple.

  • @JustNow42

    @JustNow42

    24 күн бұрын

    Retired. Why would you do such a terrible thing? I am 82 years young and know that I would very fast disintegrate into nothing if I did not learn something new all the time.

  • @nufosmatic

    @nufosmatic

    23 күн бұрын

    @@hartejdhiman4438 “The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility … The fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle.” --- Albert Einstein (1936)

  • @koenraad4618

    @koenraad4618

    20 күн бұрын

    on the contrary

  • @williamjmccartan8879
    @williamjmccartan887929 күн бұрын

    Thank you both for sharing your time and work Neil, Lauren, and the Perimeter Institute, always proud that we have this institution in Ontario, and that it is supported by our provincial and federal government's, science has a way of clearing the fog and finding answers to some very important questions, peace

  • @shreddaification
    @shreddaification27 күн бұрын

    A rare example of a theoretical physicist who is grounded in the real world.

  • @koenraad4618

    @koenraad4618

    20 күн бұрын

    a real world that is going bankrupt because of the sad state theoretical physics is in

  • @ralphclark

    @ralphclark

    19 күн бұрын

    I suspect it is a pose.

  • @asdf-mg7tu

    @asdf-mg7tu

    17 күн бұрын

    @@koenraad4618 no, its not going bankrupt, you are writing the comment on a product of physics.

  • @OceanusHelios

    @OceanusHelios

    10 күн бұрын

    @@koenraad4618 Maybe in your mind. You do realize that if we hadn't had theoretical phsyics to bring us quantum mechanics, the computer chip would have never been invented? If fact CRT screens, you know old television screens, utterly relied on it also. Now if you want to make a true statement, say that the real world is going morally and financially bankrupt because of some backward thinking religious goombahs. That would be a true statement.

  • @philclancaster
    @philclancaster28 күн бұрын

    Something really refreshing about this interview, honesty, and clarity

  • @hyperduality2838

    @hyperduality2838

    28 күн бұрын

    Two people communicating is a dual process! The master (teacher) is dual to the apprentice (pupil) -- the rule of two, Darth Bane, Sith lord. Communication:- Sender is dual to receiver -- messages. Vectors (contravariant) are dual to co-vectors (covariant) -- dual bases. Riemann geometry is dual and therefore curvature or gravitation is dual. Positive curvature (convergence, syntropy) is dual to negative curvature (divergence, entropy) -- Gauss or Riemann geometry. Syntax (categories, form) is dual to semantics (sets or objects, substance) -- languages, communication. If mathematics is a language then it is dual. All numbers fall within the complex plane, real is dual to imaginary -- complex numbers are dual. The integers are self dual as they are their own conjugates. All numbers are dual. Numbers connect the classical world with the quantum world -- quantum gravity. Classical reality is dual to quantum reality synthesizes true reality -- Roger Penrose using the Hegelian dialectic. Energy is dual to mass -- Einstein. "Always two there are" -- Yoda. Interviews are inherently dual as they require two observers.

  • @thomasmadsen3361
    @thomasmadsen336125 күн бұрын

    The quality of the interviewer questions amazes me. Good work. And hats of to Turok, precise and concise.

  • @GrowBagUK
    @GrowBagUK29 күн бұрын

    Neil is a great communicator with an ability to impart complicated ideas in laymans terms.

  • @robertm3561

    @robertm3561

    27 күн бұрын

    Would be nice to see Edward Witten, Neil Turok, Erick Weinstein, Lee Smolin discussing new ideas.

  • @DrDeuteron

    @DrDeuteron

    25 күн бұрын

    Actually, he explains it to physics PhD's pretty well, too.

  • @johnt.inscrutable1545

    @johnt.inscrutable1545

    24 күн бұрын

    To me, it seems he has a very honest, yet kind, way of saying “yes, this works” or “no, this is crap”.

  • @karagi101

    @karagi101

    24 күн бұрын

    ⁠@@robertm3561Skip Eric Weinstein. His crackpot ideas have zero traction in the physics world and beyond it.

  • @robertm3561

    @robertm3561

    24 күн бұрын

    @@karagi101 IDK about that.., but I think he should be more clear about his ideas(think it’s not about the difficulty to express his ideas verbally in general, but rather trying to sound as a genius). Weinstein is not easily “debunked” though by his colleagues, so that indicates substance. Not sure, if he believes everything he’s saying, but would be interesting to see him explain his ideas to Edward Witten for ex..

  • @mavelous1763
    @mavelous176328 күн бұрын

    I like Neil. When he talks about simplicity of nature vs complexity of the ‘middle’ stuff(life) it really seems to ring true. He always brings up the importance of observation in actually confirming theories, which seems so necessary.

  • @raywhitehead730

    @raywhitehead730

    25 күн бұрын

    Einstein, only was taken seriously, with the "observation"of the apparent bending of light on the eclipse of the sun: 1919. This was an expensive an long pre-planned experiment.

  • @davidstuart4489
    @davidstuart448927 күн бұрын

    I thought this was excellent. Not only was Neil fabulous in his responses and discussion, but I feel strongly that Lauren Hayward did an outstanding job as host. She guided the discussion along broad lines - I really appreciate that. This was about physics, but also about organizations, cultural influences on groups, etc. Bravo Zulu y'all!

  • @c7hu1hu

    @c7hu1hu

    23 күн бұрын

    Hey whats "Bravo Zulu" mean?

  • @davidstuart4489

    @davidstuart4489

    5 күн бұрын

    @@c7hu1hu Hi! It's a phrase we use in the Navy - it means "Well Done" but is expressed using semaphore flags and/or light signals.

  • @thedouglasw.lippchannel5546
    @thedouglasw.lippchannel554627 күн бұрын

    RIP Peter Higgs. Neil Turok is so privileged to be a professor at the University of Edinburgh where he holds the Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics.

  • @koenraad4618

    @koenraad4618

    20 күн бұрын

    There is definitely a Higgs chair, but not a Higgs particle.

  • @thedouglasw.lippchannel5546
    @thedouglasw.lippchannel554627 күн бұрын

    All Neil's comments so well stated and the host was equally as perfect.

  • @L2p2
    @L2p227 күн бұрын

    Niel Turok is a great inspiration to anyone who wants to enter the world of science and not just theoretical physics. The insights and ideas he shares are very universal to science itself as he says in the video and I paraphrase "we in the theoretical physics are very cheap. We can reorganize the structure of how science is done in theoretical physics more easily than in any other field" This is not his exact words but that what I understood. I encourage anyone wanting to enter the world of research and science to listen to this interview and pay attention to what we can learn from 1. The process of doing science 2. The motivations of a person doing science and 3. How to be driven by ones own desires and questions and still contribute and be "useful" to those who employ, recruit or admit us to the institutions that are publicly or privately funded. In other words how can one be a responsible member of society without giving up any of our true innate passions. I am sure you will pickup a few tips at least from Neil Turok in this video interview.

  • @DrDeuteron
    @DrDeuteron25 күн бұрын

    The ads were jarring in contrast. Neil's voice is so smooth, it makes Brian Cox sound like Fran Drescher.

  • @GO-jv9bb

    @GO-jv9bb

    9 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @elliotpolanco159
    @elliotpolanco15927 күн бұрын

    This man brings me peace for some reason lol

  • @kevinkammueller7553
    @kevinkammueller755324 күн бұрын

    He and Penrose amaze me in their ability to explain to lay people the short comings of modern physics, the problems with current theories and some of the new solutions and where they came from. So many of the lectures you hear talk about the current theories and how they work so well, but very few are willing to talk about where the current theories are breaking down, the contrarian views and how they are revolutionizing modern physics. This is an amazing video, on par with several of the talks with Penrose that were posted in the last several years.

  • @manukapoor444

    @manukapoor444

    23 күн бұрын

  • @foetaltreborus2017
    @foetaltreborus201727 күн бұрын

    As an old guy with & education failure..I began hearing things about quantum theory & thought..they must be deranged ...but I just had to find out what the hell they were on about. ..this chat just so excits me...matter doesn't understand size...wow. ..thanx for expanding my micro brain..

  • @Iamthepossum
    @Iamthepossum21 күн бұрын

    Paraphrasing this great man somewhat, but, “Living up to the opportunity of life, what the world is offering us, and the role we can play in it is sometimes ‘scary’, but is our responsibility; and compromising to ensure safety, such that our lives will succeed in following a conventional path, is a missed opportunity.” . Thank you for this Beautiful and inspiring discussion, Professor Turok. ❤

  • @edwardlee2794
    @edwardlee279427 күн бұрын

    Here, a living legend beacons in, not only the vicinity of particle physics , but science as a whole. Very good interviews. Thanks for the efforts and keep up the good work.

  • @robertfraser9551
    @robertfraser955128 күн бұрын

    Outstanding ! Excellent interviewer and questions and clear air for the very impressive answers !

  • @jirimarek112
    @jirimarek11220 күн бұрын

    Vynikající rozhovor. Pan profesor Neil Turok je moudrý člověk.

  • @SalehElm
    @SalehElm24 күн бұрын

    Thank you for the podcast. Quite insightful and enjoyable conversation with Neil.

  • @sebastiaan_de_vries
    @sebastiaan_de_vries23 күн бұрын

    I was already a fan of Neil Turok after watching 'The Astonishing Simplicity of Everything'. But here I also met a very wise, cultured and lively person, with a great feeling for the mystery of theoretical physics. Enjoyed it a lot!

  • @folcwinep.pywackett8517
    @folcwinep.pywackett851727 күн бұрын

    Wonderful lecture. More people should listen and learn from this individual's approach to difficult problems. I was really taken with the idea of a Plan B. This applies everywhere, not just in Physics. It is a very old idea, that one should develop a primary skill set and make it your life's work. But at the same time develop a secondary skill set as your Plan B. If something happens to the marketplace of ideas or things of your primary, one can then fall back on their secondary. All plans great and small should have a backup plan.

  • @whippet611
    @whippet61118 күн бұрын

    A wonderful interview and an exceptional man, thank you.

  • @carolspencer6915
    @carolspencer691526 күн бұрын

    Good evening PI and Neil Super sensemaking stuff. Truly grateful. 💜

  • @trondwell13
    @trondwell1327 күн бұрын

    It was a pleasure as a lad to listen to your experiences and insights and still a pleasure to hear more via KZread - dan

  • @FeedbackLoop70
    @FeedbackLoop7023 күн бұрын

    What a wonderrful guy. I got goose bumps listening to him talking about the "scary world" we live in and how to deal with the resulting "fear" in a responsible way.

  • @robertfontaine3650
    @robertfontaine365027 күн бұрын

    Always look forward to any communications from perimeter.

  • @ulrichdietl
    @ulrichdietl10 күн бұрын

    Ich bin hin und weg. Tiefe tiefe Fragen und Antworten. Ein Kleinod von Interview. Vielen, vielen Dank. Dankeschön! 🎉

  • @garydecad6233
    @garydecad623321 күн бұрын

    Very enjoyable interview. Thank you both!

  • @nowhereman8374
    @nowhereman837428 күн бұрын

    Kudos, To me, this video should win the prize for the best physics video of the quarter.

  • @donald-parker
    @donald-parker26 күн бұрын

    He comes across as being very humble but there is a wonderful wit to what he says. "I was very fortunate to work on theories which could be proven wrong". Hear than Michio?

  • @philipsmith1990
    @philipsmith199012 күн бұрын

    Adding extra particles is reminiscent of the attempt using cycles and epicycles to describe the motions of the planets. When simple circular motion was not quite right, epicycles were added in an attemp to get a better fit. Eventually the dogma of circular motion was abandoned in favour of elliptical orbits.

  • @KonradMroczek
    @KonradMroczek15 күн бұрын

    Great and insightful conversation.

  • @louisgiokas2206
    @louisgiokas220625 күн бұрын

    When I studied physics in the early1970s (I later switched to computer science), as an undergraduate student, I worked (paid position, where I learned to program and learned a lot of statistics) in the High Energy Physics (HEP) department, an experimental group. This was at a large state university in the US. We had most of the top floor of the rather large physics building, but there was one, smaller, wing of that floor with theoretical physicists' offices. In fact, Misner's office was there. Although we were all interested in General Relativity and got the book "Gravitation" by Misner, Thorne and Wheeler, I don't recall ever going down to their offices to talk, or even say hello. We had weekly departmental seminars, which covered both theoretical and experimental topics. So, there was some interchange there. We would even go to the Cosmos Club for seminars when one of our professors was speaking. When there was a big topic there would be all department meetings. Two I remember. One was when it was thought a magnetic monopole had been detected. The other was when GPS turned on and the use of Einstein's theory on that was discussed.

  • @helmutgensen4738
    @helmutgensen473810 күн бұрын

    From a very young age, I was determined to find out how this giant universe came to be - with little me in it. I had recurring nightmares of being squashed in a corner by the weight of the world. After causing a small explosion in Chemistry, I was kicked out at 15 by an itinerant young teacher who btw would answer any questions outside the text with "I don't know" (our migrant school couldn't find permanent science staff). After 60 years of wandering under the stars, I finally got a job in cancer research which I love. A series of lectures by Leonard Susskind took me into rabbit holes of supersymmetry and possible universes which challenged my grip on reality. You make perfect sense: Physics is applying Logic to Nature and should reflect reality and that three generations of 16 particles is most likely the finite number. Thank you kindly, Prof Neil Turoc.

  • @yongmrchen
    @yongmrchen25 күн бұрын

    Good questions, good answers, good interview.

  • @davidfell5496
    @davidfell549610 күн бұрын

    That was amazing on so many levels: Occam's Razor to theoretical models, the upside down pyramid to support and nurture innovative ideas in education, the cross-cultural fundamental questions... One cannot help but respect.

  • @Daitsuki294
    @Daitsuki29416 күн бұрын

    Neil seems like a honest and beautiful person first and foremost, and a brilliant communicator with a contagious passion for true physics!

  • @user-cw7tc6tw5j
    @user-cw7tc6tw5j4 күн бұрын

    I have not heard about Neil Turok until I watched this video. The video provides a comprehensive and eye-opening summary of the current state of theoretical physics. The conversation is very interesting, both scientifically and philosophically. It is clear that Prof. Turok is a genius. He is also an extraordinary human being, and an extraordinary member of society. It is fascinating to learn about the collaboration between Neil Turok and Stephen Hawking.

  • @stuartmcnair6696
    @stuartmcnair669626 күн бұрын

    Always inspired listening to him and how he sees the world.

  • @trenthogan4212
    @trenthogan421227 күн бұрын

    Excellent interview.

  • @janneyovertheocean9558
    @janneyovertheocean955824 күн бұрын

    Neil is as down to earth as we can possibly hope to find in the rank of greatest theoretical physicists in whom we mere mortals anxiously watch and wait for the next & last (?) of puzzle to be found for cosmology. We are all curious and it’s very reassuring to hear him making this simple comment “Realty is scary… !” That’s so insightful and inspiring.

  • @KaiseruSoze
    @KaiseruSoze28 күн бұрын

    Best PI interview/discussion so far. The question I would have asked: There are lots of arrogant people in physics. How much of a problem are they to advancing the science?

  • @valentinmalinov8424

    @valentinmalinov8424

    28 күн бұрын

    They are stopping the answer to the all problems they has created. There is available book with title - "Theory of Everything in Physics and The Universe" which "They" pretending that do not exist.

  • @Achrononmaster

    @Achrononmaster

    28 күн бұрын

    I'd say too much of a problem. From my own experience it is truly hard to do decent research without some self-confidence. Some can do good things without any self-assurance, but not many. It's the funding agencies that are the problem, since they are not effectively able to tell the difference between a good research proposal and a grifty one, or a bandwagon one driven by those big egos.

  • @stratovation1474
    @stratovation147427 күн бұрын

    This is refreshing!

  • @lianemarie9280
    @lianemarie928027 күн бұрын

    Agree, very good communicator. And great shirt :)

  • @johnt.inscrutable1545

    @johnt.inscrutable1545

    24 күн бұрын

    See my comment 3 days after yours.

  • @Divedown_25
    @Divedown_2527 күн бұрын

    great conversation... so in one sense we can say that the new ideas like string theories have been more or less guesses but we are where we are and that multiverses and such are not existing and the big bang was just a bang and then it started

  • @KyumarsDadelahi
    @KyumarsDadelahi25 күн бұрын

    this is such an interesting collection of explanations.

  • @HuhHa-pm8fc
    @HuhHa-pm8fc27 күн бұрын

    Awesome Interview, really nice dude

  • @LaboriousCretin
    @LaboriousCretin27 күн бұрын

    Nice talk. Thank you for sharing. Look into cosmic neutrino background/CNB. The antimatter island of stability and the imbalance. Constraints on quantum foam in given energy density regimes. Lumpiness/smoothness of space. Plank and quantum boundaries for black holes and islands of types. Using the universe as a natural cutoff regime or limit. Keep up the good work.

  • @alex79suited
    @alex79suited24 күн бұрын

    Neil is a good listen, I do enjoy how he never gives up. It's important, I think, to have this tenacity toward whatever one has decided to invest ones time. Even if in the end it doesn't turn out to bear fruit atleast the entire basket, there's always something positive that shines through. Gravity has weighed physics down for 100 or so years and has kept us grounded in more ways than one. It's time so to speak to move forward and outward away from the atmosphere environment. No holes, just boundaries and spheres. Peace ✌️ 😎.

  • @sridharankrishnaswami4093
    @sridharankrishnaswami409322 күн бұрын

    excellent conversation

  • @dougg1075
    @dougg107526 күн бұрын

    Love to hear him communicate science.

  • @wilpertz
    @wilpertz26 күн бұрын

    Really fantastic interview and insights. - perhaps one small step forward in this whole physical debacle will be to treat the word “believe” as a non-word.

  • @warrenmanning7991
    @warrenmanning799116 күн бұрын

    More strength to Prof Neil.. 🇿🇦

  • @KevinMakins
    @KevinMakins26 күн бұрын

    Oh my GOD. 4:00 range is just testifying to my greatest hope for reality.

  • @agonaapell665
    @agonaapell66518 күн бұрын

    He has a commanding grasp of his field -- not only the academic side but the full scope of its dynamics

  • @erichodge567
    @erichodge56725 күн бұрын

    I like that this guy blows neither smoke nor sunshine. He tells it like it is.

  • @cadahinden4673
    @cadahinden467326 күн бұрын

    So true, for any field of science!

  • @mpethel
    @mpethel27 күн бұрын

    Super! thank you

  • @idegteke
    @idegteke22 күн бұрын

    I was so happy to hear that he’s listening to the only actual source of useful information, knowledge and intelligence, the nature, and is even looking for simplicity. My kind of thinking. It tells us that we have to focus more on what we are already focusing on for 50+ years, the (machine) computation and try to find the next big thing through that. Forgetting about the scaffoldings we constructed around it, we could finally rely on our trusty intelligence and the nature. At some point, they will be able to reproduce and even possibly enhance themselves in the form of some kind of artificially created computational structure that follows the logic of the nature (hint: mimicking the barely understood neural networks of our brains to achieve intelligence is a weak conception). By creating and applying a (somewhat) strong intelligence, AND pretty much disregarding the crippling network of our always just partially applicable assumptions and the icing of math completely, we could make the next big step outwards after all these flat decades of my lifetime.

  • @nathanmadonna9472
    @nathanmadonna947219 күн бұрын

    I love the analogy of young people being the flowers on the tree. "A reverse pyramid". Neil knows just what's up. I never liked inflation. Einstein did his best work when he was young. Great conversation.😃

  • @lukabostick4245
    @lukabostick424516 күн бұрын

    thank you for the kind words

  • @kezeng296
    @kezeng2966 күн бұрын

    awesome. Touching.

  • @chi-kenlu4864
    @chi-kenlu486423 күн бұрын

    Great conversations. Thank you. As the Director pointed out, the younger generation seems to have more insecurity when it comes to choosing problems to work on and all that. The physics community is a bit overcrowded, and so it is harder to devote to unusual problems.

  • @pn2543
    @pn254324 күн бұрын

    great to get an update on dark matter from a leading participant, will have to watch this a few times! Physics has been wandering in the wilderness of too many theories for way too long. I remember reading Gamow's 'Thirty Years that Shook Physics' in high school, and it is high time for another such shakeout.

  • @zacthewolf
    @zacthewolf24 күн бұрын

    Fascinating interview. I wonder what his take would be on the work of Nima Arkani-Hamed (among others) who suggest that the apprent simplicity of the laws of the universe mask a deeper and richer underlying reality, and that ours is just a highly compressed projection of structures outside of space-time.

  • @mshepard2264
    @mshepard226421 күн бұрын

    I worked at the remote imaging department of national geographic for 18 years and for some of that time the organizational structure was pretty flat. At that time we were able to do a huge amount of interesting projects. we built wild experimental research equipment. Unfortunately a flat organizational structure is not common in large organizations and it is difficult to keep it that way.

  • @nufosmatic
    @nufosmatic23 күн бұрын

    I knew some Turoks in Ottawa and then Tilsonburg and Vancouver...

  • @erawanpencil
    @erawanpencil21 күн бұрын

    Turok is spot on... if I've noticed anything over the years, it's that the vast majority of people will overcomplicate rather than simplify obstacles. This is especially true of bright people; they're so good at computation that they tend to magnify it rather than reduce it. My intuition is that math and physics are at some sort of computational boundary, and whatever the next step will be, it will have a noncomputational aspect to it.

  • @nyunai298
    @nyunai29813 күн бұрын

    Prof thanks alot for AIMS and NEI

  • @grandmabente123
    @grandmabente12326 күн бұрын

    Might be a good idea to look at MR Keshe way of explanaing our universes... etc etc down to the what he calls the Initial Fundamental particles... His books 1, 2 and 3 are invaluable...

  • @tonymarshharveytron1970
    @tonymarshharveytron197026 күн бұрын

    Further to my previous comment, The cornerstone of my hypothesis, is that there are just two incredibly small particles that everything that exists in the universe, is composed of. All of the so-called particles that make up the standard model table of particles, are composites of these to particles. I honestly believe that it would be well worth your time, to just consider what I propose. Although it is available in a book, I am more than happy to send you a copy of the manuscript. Kind regards, Tony Marsh.

  • @LettersAndNumbers300
    @LettersAndNumbers30027 күн бұрын

    Loved this guy on Voyager, live long and prosper etc

  • @megalithia9805
    @megalithia980524 күн бұрын

    Brilliant answer to the first student’s question about her interest in working on quantum gravity. Just keep working on the nuts and bolts of doing science and at some point a key insight or breakthrough will happen.

  • @vitoroliveirajorge368
    @vitoroliveirajorge36822 күн бұрын

    marvelous!

  • @camdix3250
    @camdix325027 күн бұрын

    Dr. Turok's words on the importance of the scientific community supporting diversity - especially people who might not appear to fit our social comfort zones - are profoundly important and wonderful to hear. Sentiments such as this would be well applied in all areas of human society. Thank you so much for this wonderful interview.

  • @Abmebbma
    @Abmebbma27 күн бұрын

    I just made a theory about colliding branes yesterday. Best of luck

  • @nancyhope2205
    @nancyhope220527 күн бұрын

    At the very beginning I see the energy pouring into space/time and space/time constraining how the energy could form in the earliest Planck times.

  • @dienvidbriedis1184
    @dienvidbriedis118427 күн бұрын

    18:22 - this makes sense!

  • @ricardospinace1956
    @ricardospinace195627 күн бұрын

    Curious about the reebok hockey stick behind the gfx panel…

  • @Nomad77ca

    @Nomad77ca

    26 күн бұрын

    Perimeter is a Canadian institution. I also liked that the stick has Sid Crosby's name on it.

  • @johnt.inscrutable1545
    @johnt.inscrutable154524 күн бұрын

    I have that same shirt! Wish it came with the same ability to understand the universe as he does…

  • @rickprice7919
    @rickprice79194 күн бұрын

    This is what I wrote. The other was a co=pilot rewrite. There are so many things in cosmological physics to think about. Now spacetime is at the forefront of physics, I think. Space is as we see it the container of all the mass/matter/energy within it. Our observations are based on the movements, motions, and spins of the boundary detections from small to large of those mass/matter/energy distributions. Einstein has shown from relativity, both general and specific, that space(time) warps, twists, distorts et.al. in conjunction with proximity of large masses, thereby creating the warped space for matter to combine in a "gravity well" as it aggregates, leading to star, planet, solar and galaxy systems formations. As well as "blackholes'. It is mass/matter/energy and its motions that we measure. All physics breaks down as to a picture of what was before the theory of the "big bang", while also breaking down what is beyond the boundary of the blackhole itself. The real data that metrics of space(time) has the property of quantum fluctuation where particle pairs are both being created and destroyed, and in some cases creating new real particles that stay in the universe at a rate. "The Hawking Radiation" from blackholes. That the before and after, while the before was all mass/matter/energy that we theorize was injected into a something that became the container that is space(time). While the second, and a subset, was the capture within these warped space(time) wells, enough mass/matter/energy that it closed the warp of space(time) into a spherical boundary condition. Where it would consume at a rate the mass/matter/energy that passed that boundary, we note a "volume change" as the blackhole aggregates more mass/matter/energy within the boundary limits. We note "spin" or non-spin of blackholes. Now think outside the box. There are infinitely many possible wavelengths, practical considerations and measurement precision play a role in determining what we can observe and distinguish. In my thinking, I want to know what was the "space" like before such injection of the "big bang". One has to start "imagining" basing those imaginations on the physics we know. How was the "wall" breached? We talk about the big bang as barely a pinhole, maybe smaller than a Planck Length. Injection, expansion, inflation. Into what? It could be small; it could be large. Did the injection actually create the space it injected into? Was there an energy (back to quantum fluctuations) in the injection space? Is there a quantum anode like and a quantum cathode like to the "spaces"? The bang had to have a source before injection. We could deduce the total energy from the big bang that was injected. It is just we get "dark energy and dark matter" into that equation. We can see what we call a gravity effect from an undetectable source. We see mass/matter/energy expansion where clusters are moving away into expanded space. Our measurements have reached differing rates. We are kind of handcuffed by mass/matter/energy as the tool we use to understand this space we live in. With imagination, with education, a consensus could be formed for this pursui

  • @tevis190
    @tevis19024 күн бұрын

    @26:48 I do know exactly what the entropy of a black hole is. Everything that falls in is turned into a quantum string/particle (depending on BH mass) that is in a perpetual orbit around the descending funnel. That "collection " of fundamental particles, electrons, with quantum entangled information describing the infall with time resolution IS the entropy, BHs are almost nothing but entropy.

  • @billyranger2627
    @billyranger262725 күн бұрын

    What a lovely human

  • @pablocopello3592
    @pablocopello359213 күн бұрын

    I agree with Neil about how to manage research, about how to select and manage the human resources in a research organization. I also agree with Neil about the idea of not to "disconnect" so much from the experimental testings (except if you are a pure mathematician). I do not think that much advance will be achieved in unifying gravity with QM if it is not first understood something much more basic: how the classical framework and the quantum framework coexist. That is, the Quantum framework (unitary evolution) and the classical framework approximate 2 different "realms" of reality. Both realms are part of the same reality, but we do not have a satisfactory "model" saying exactly how or when the QM phenomena (phenomena well approximated by the QM framework) become and cause classical phenomena (phenomena well approximated by the classical framework). It is obvious that there exist a "realm" of the reality that is not well approximated by any of the 2 frameworks. Ideally we should try to find a model (predictive theory) for this more deeper realm of reality that should have QM and Classical frameworks as "limit" cases. We have a set of coarse rules that link both frameworks (needed for QM because our perceptual and conceptual background is classical), and that "link" suggests that causality for the new deeper model should not be space-time bound (non locality), more, space-time should not be fundamental, but just emergent from causality. We should investigate this interface between the quantum "world" and classical "world" with a much more open mind and thru experiments. Instead of investing so much in "discovering" new particles or ordering the particle "zoo", invest in solving more basic problems (analogy: investing in finding new animals/plants species vs. investing in understanding how life works.).

  • @ZoiusGM
    @ZoiusGM21 күн бұрын

    32:19 Both this question and the one that was about the relationship between theor. and exper. phycisists is psychological in nature. Some researchers are scared because it would hurt their ego because a theory they followed is disproven.

  • @allurbase
    @allurbase27 күн бұрын

    Thanks very nice and informative interview.

  • @ulrichgorlich6292
    @ulrichgorlich629224 күн бұрын

    Great!

  • @skylarkstarsmith3926
    @skylarkstarsmith392619 күн бұрын

    When was this Conversation recorded please?

  • @ready1fire1aim1
    @ready1fire1aim127 күн бұрын

    Concrete examples contrasting contradictory equations/formulations from classical physics and mathematics with their non-contradictory counterparts from infinitesimal/non-standard analysis and monadological frameworks: 1) Calculus Foundations: Contradictory: Newtonian Fluxional Calculus dx/dt = lim(Δx/Δt) as Δt->0 This expresses the derivative using the limiting ratio of finite differences Δx/Δt as Δt shrinks towards 0. However, the limit concept contains logical contradictions when extended to the infinitesimal scale. Non-Contradictory: Leibnizian Infinitesimal Calculus dx = ɛ, where ɛ is an infinitesimal dx/dt = ɛ/dt Leibniz treated the differentials dx, dt as infinite "inassignable" infinitesimal increments ɛ, rather than limits of finite ratios - thus avoiding the paradoxes of vanishing quantities. 2) Continuum Hypothesis: Contradictory: Classic Set Theory Cardinality(Reals) = 2^(Cardinality(Naturals)) The continuum hypothesis assumes the uncountable continuum emerges from iterating the power set of naturals. But it is independent of ZFC axioms, and leads to paradoxes like Banach-Tarski. Non-Contradictory: Non-standard Analysis Cardinality(*R) = Cardinality(R) + 1 *R contains infinitesimal and infinite elements The hyperreal number line *R built from infinitesimals has a higher cardinality than R, resolving CH without paradoxes. The continuum derives from ordered monic ("monadic") elements. 3) Quantum Measurement: Contradictory: Von Neumann-Dirac collapse postulate |Ψ>system+apparatus = Σj cj|ψj>sys|ϕj>app -> |ψk>sys|ϕk>app The measurement axiom updating the wavefunction via "collapse" is wholly ad-hoc and self-contradictory within the theory's unitary evolution. Non-Contradictory: Relational/Monadic QM |Ψ>rel = Σj |ψj>monadic perspective The quantum state is a monadological probability weighing over relative states from each monadic perspectival origin. No extrinsic "collapse" is required. 4) Gravitation: Contradictory: General Relativity Gμν = 8πTμν Rμν - (1/2)gμνR = 8πTμν Einstein's field equations model gravity as curvature in a 4D pseudo-Riemannian manifold, but produce spacetime singularities where geometry breaks down. Non-Contradictory: Monadological Quantum Gravity Γab = monic gravitational charge relations ds2 = Σx,y Γab(x,y) dxdydyadx Gravity emerges from quantized charge relations among monad perspectives x, y in a pre-geometric poly-symmetric metric Γ, sans singularities. In each case, the non-contradictory formulation avoids paradoxes by: 1) Replacing limits with infinitesimals/monics 2) Treating the continuum as derived from discrete elements 3) Grounding physical phenomena in pluralistic relational perspectives 4) Eliminating singularities from over-idealized geometric approximations By restructuring equations to reflect quantized, pluralistic, relational ontologies rather than unrealistic continuity idealizations, the non-contradictory frameworks transcend the self-undermining paradoxes plaguing classical theories. At every layer, from the arithmetic of infinites to continuum modeling to quantum dynamics and gravitation, realigning descriptive mathematics with metaphysical non-contradiction principles drawn from monadic perspectivalism points a way forward towards paradox-free model-building across physics and mathematics. The classical formulations were invaluable stepping stones. But now we can strike out along coherent new frameworks faithful to the logically-primordial mulitiplicites and relational pluralisms undergirding Reality's true trans-geometric structure and dynamics.

  • @bitcoinmining6361

    @bitcoinmining6361

    27 күн бұрын

    I think intelligence is better shown, explaining very complex ideas, in ways more people can understand them.

  • @plurplursen7172
    @plurplursen71729 күн бұрын

    I would love to see reality with his eyes, and brain.

  • @DSAK55
    @DSAK5524 күн бұрын

    I want a report on the Theoretical state of Experimental Physics

  • @CatholicSatan
    @CatholicSatan25 күн бұрын

    Very interesting interview and I was intrigued by Turok's remarks on gravitational entropy, inflation and on dark matter and right-handed (sterile etc.) neutrinos. If right-handed neutrinos are what constitutes dark matter - and they have never been produced or observed, there must be at least three flavours apparently, and theoretically have a mass anywhere from practically zero to more than 10^9 GeV - it would be interesting to know what the experiments (or new observations) are that we might see in the next few years. From my limited reading, there appear to be dozens of theoretical scenarios so what experiments or observations are taking place to detect them? The XRISM X-ray telescope is supposed to be able to indirectly but "unambiguously" detect such a dark matter neutrino signal but after some months, I've not read of any such happening.

  • @robertspies4695
    @robertspies469527 күн бұрын

    He nailed the "follow the sheep" nature of scientific research in academia. Said sheep shall get grants and contribute overhead to the institution.

  • @lonelycubicle
    @lonelycubicle18 күн бұрын

    Why does the white text on default pic have small black smudges?

  • @bcast9978
    @bcast997827 күн бұрын

    If right handed/sterile neutrinos make up some high percentage of dark matter the mass must be pretty high. The highest left handed neutrino is 2.3eV

  • @karagi101
    @karagi10124 күн бұрын

    I know the Perimeter Institute is close to where I live here in Canada and that hockey is our national sport but it’s still weird to see a hockey stick in the background.

  • @savage22bolt32
    @savage22bolt3225 күн бұрын

    in 1965, I had a shirt just like the one Neil is wearing!

  • @craigstiferbig
    @craigstiferbig20 күн бұрын

    Neutrino ocean in wave phase resonation, bifurcation skirted by electron casts, reordered in Vortex streets, making up a dual mechanical relative space-time particular to Einsteins description in dual natured relative gravitation as an effect with curvature resulting from pulsating pemiable fluid dynamics in harmonic flow

  • @99guspuppet8
    @99guspuppet83 күн бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ this is first time for me viewing Turok…… He scares me he creeps me out. He seems like a master villain.

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