#204 – Cumrun Vafa: String Theory
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(00:00 ) – Introduction
(07:08 ) – Difference between math and physics
(09:51 ) – Evolution of quantum mechanics
(13:09 ) – Can mathematics lead humanity off track
(14:07 ) – Beauty in mathematics
(19:27 ) – Philosophers using symmetry
(25:20 ) – How can ancient geometry be used to understand reality
(28:32 ) – Key ideas in the history of physics
(31:26 ) – Einstein’s special relativity
(35:03 ) – Physicists building intuition
(43:01 ) – Best work by Einstein
(44:45 ) – Quantum mechanics
(54:47 ) – Quantum gravity
(57:02 ) – String theory
(1:13:11 ) – 10th Dimension
(1:19:48 ) – Skepticism regarding string theory
(1:30:53 ) – Key figures in string theory
(1:35:13 ) – String Theory’s Nobel Prize
(1:38:18 ) – Edward Witten
(1:46:56 ) – String Theory Landscape & Swamplands
(1:55:46 ) – Theories of everything
(2:10:12 ) – Advice for young people
(2:13:14 ) – Death
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I'm not ashamed to admit I don't understand a single statement said about multidimensions and string theory and so... plus he speaks rly close to Kasparov