#187 – Frank Wilczek: Physics of Quarks, Dark Matter, Complexity, Life & Aliens

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