Lex Fridman Podcast

Lex Fridman Podcast


#428 – Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens

April 22, 2024

Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist, author, and host of Mindscape podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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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

(11:03) – General relativity

(23:22) – Black holes

(28:11) – Hawking radiation

(32:19) – Aliens

(41:15) – Holographic principle

(1:05:38) – Dark energy

(1:11:38) – Dark matter

(1:20:34) – Quantum mechanics

(1:41:56) – Simulation

(1:44:18) – AGI

(1:58:42) – Complexity

(2:11:25) – Consciousness

(2:20:32) – Naturalism

(2:24:49) – Limits of science

(2:29:34) – Mindscape podcast

(2:39:29) – Einstein