Neil deGrasse Tyson and Curt talk about the recent UFO whistleblower (David Grusch) news and the philosophy of physics. Sponsors:
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- Norton's Dome: [ Ссылка ]
- Richard Borcherd's video on Aristotle: [ Ссылка ]
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- Kevin Knuth's UAP Analysis: [ Ссылка ]
- Star Talk podcast: [ Ссылка ]
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:52 What Neil is working on
00:04:57 What fundamental aspect of our universe will change?
00:06:27 Nobel Prize, Bell's Inequality, and Locality
00:09:27 Chaitin's Incompleteness Theorem
00:13:59 The role of philosophy in physics
00:17:32 Norton's Dome
00:29:24 Carlo Rovelli, Lee Smolin, and John Baez on Philosophy
00:39:50 The limitations of the scientific method
00:45:48 Whistleblower David Grusch and UFO "testimony"
00:49:15 The government is not as incompetent as people say
00:56:09 Increscent evidence and extraordinary claims
00:57:44 If Neil encountered an alien but didn't film it, what would he do?
01:06:18 Analyses by Kevin Knuth, et al.'s on UAP radar
01:07:54 Why not apply "where's the evidence" to String Theory and the social "sciences"?
01:13:32 How Neil prepares for interviews and speeches
01:25:10 Straw man vs. the Strongest man (Neil disparagers the UFO topic)
01:31:05 Curt suggests Neil may have a biased set...
01:37:35 Debunking that Aristotle thought heavier bodies fall faster
01:41:19 Neil doesn't have "beliefs"
01:46:09 Impending asteroids colliding with Earth
01:48:42 Curt proposes a bet on the UAP topic to Neil...
01:57:03 Closing thoughts
