#246 – Peter Woit: Theories of Everything and Why String Theory is Not Even Wrong

Peter Woit is a theoretical physicist, mathematician, critic of string theory, and author of the popular science blog Not Even Wrong. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

EPISODE LINKS: Peter's website: http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/ Peter's blog: https://bit.ly/3xCwm9F Not Even Wrong (book): https://amzn.to/3peDzZs Quantum Theory, Groups, and Representations (book): https://amzn.to/316iAjf Love and Math (book): https://amzn.to/3If7B8m The Second Creation (book): https://amzn.to/3rlWzIu

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OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (07:22) - Physics vs mathematics (21:51) - Beauty of mathematics (43:42) - String theory (1:12:15) - Theory of everything (1:32:23) - Twistor theory and spinors (1:48:50) - Nobel Prize likelihood for theory of everything (1:52:36) - Simulating physics (1:56:07) - Sci-Fi, aliens and space (2:05:19) - Responsibility of scientists https://lexfridman.com/peter-woit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=peter-woit

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