The Known Unknowns: Exploring the Humbling Universe | Lawrence Krauss | Part 1 (#315a)

Lawrence Krauss is an internationally known theoretical physicist,
bestselling author, and acclaimed lecturer. He is currently
President of The Origins Project Foundation, and host of The
Origins Podcast. In this episode Professor Krauss discusses his
10th and most recent book: The Edge of Knowledge: Unsolved
Mysteries of the Cosmos. The book challenges readers to explore the
limits of what we know, and possibly what is even
knowable! Can science ever explain the mysteries of time,
space, matter, the origin of life, and the nature of consciousness?
Lawrence addresses these challenges head on while also celebrating
how far we have come in understanding the universe. Professor
Krauss reminds us tha not knowing implies a universe of
opportunities with the possibility of discovery and surprise. 
In the episode Dr. Krauss has much to say about the risks of AI,
astrobiology, the pursuit of a theory of everything, and where
science can take us. He reveals his motivations for writing
this latest book, and his deep concerns for the current state of
academic freedom.  As an accomplished scientist with over 500
publications, Lawrence Krauss has focused on the interface
between elementary particle physics and cosmology, including the
origin and evolution of the Universe and the fundamental structure
of matter. Among his numerous important scientific contributions
was the proposal, in 1995, that most of the energy of the Universe
resided in empty space. Krauss previously served as Director
of Arizona State University's Origins Project, and Foundation
Professor for a decade from 2008-2018, and also as Chair of the
Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists from
2006-2018. During his career Prof. Krauss has held endowed
professorships and distinguished research appointments at
institutions including Harvard University, Yale University,
University of Chicago, Boston University, University of Zurich,
University of California at Santa Barbara, Lawrence Berkeley
Laboratory, the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN), Case
Western Reserve University, Australian National University, Arizona
State University, and New College of Humanities. He has
written 10 popular books, including the international best-sellers,
The Physics of Star Trek and A Universe from Nothing.  
https://originsproject.org/ https://www.lawrencemkrauss.com/
https://twitter.com/LKrauss The Edge of Knowledge: Unsolved
Mysteries of the Cosmos: https://t.co/BD18qnTxtq The Cosmological
Constant Paper by Dr. Krauss:
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