Podcast: Existential physics: Exploring life's big questions – with Sabine Hossenfelder

Theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explores what modern physics can tell us about life's big questions.

Listen time: 36:23
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Are particles conscious? Can information be destroyed? Do we live in a computer simulation? Are we part of a multiverse? In this episode, theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder draws on research in quantum mechanics, black holes and particle physics to explore what modern physics can tell us about life's big, existential questions.

Watch the video version of this episode.

⁠Sabine's book "Existential Physics: A Scientists Guide to Life's Biggest Questions", is available to purchase nowSubscribe to Sabine's YouTube channel.

This talk was recorded from our theatre at the Royal Institution on 19 August 2022.

Topic

Physics

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