#187 – Frank Wilczek: Physics of Quarks, Dark Matter, Complexity, Life & Aliens
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(08:39) – Are there limits to what physics can understand?<br />
(17:31) – Beautiful ideas in physics<br />
(25:59) – Space and time are really big<br />
(29:47) – There are billions of thoughts in a human life<br />
(37:09) – Big bang<br />
(45:31) – How life emerged in the universe<br />
(51:33) – Aliens<br />
(1:01:25) – Consciousness<br />
(1:08:53) – Limits of physics<br />
(1:14:29) – Complimentary principle<br />
(1:23:34) – Free will<br />
(1:29:47) – Particles<br />
(1:35:10) – Nobel Prize in Physics<br />
(1:48:24) – Axions and dark matter<br />
(2:03:50) – Time crystals<br />
(2:08:42) – Theory of everything<br />
(2:18:10) – Advice for young people<br />
(2:23:52) – Meaning of life</p>