Sabine Hossenfelder Gets Existential Without the Gobbledygook(#249)

From renowned physicist and creator of the YouTube series “Science
without the Gobbledygook,” a book that takes a no-nonsense approach
to life’s biggest questions, and wrestles with what physics really
says about the human condition Not only can we not currently
explain the origin of the universe, it is questionable we will ever
be able to explain it. The notion that there are universes within
particles, or that particles are conscious, is as scientific, as is
the hypothesis that our universe is a computer simulation. On the
other hand, the idea that the universe itself is conscious is
difficult to rule out entirely. According to Sabine Hossenfelder,
it is not a coincidence that quantum entanglement and vacuum energy
have become the go-to explanations of alternative healers, or that
people believe their deceased grandmother is still alive because of
quantum mechanics. Science and religion have the same roots, and
they still tackle some of the same questions: Where do we come
from? Where do we go to? How much can we know? The area of science
that is closest to answering these questions is physics. Over the
last century, physicists have learned a lot about which spiritual
ideas are still compatible with the laws of nature. Not always,
though, have they stayed on the scientific side of the debate. In
this lively, thought-provoking book, Hossenfelder takes on the
biggest questions in physics: Does the past still exist? Do
particles think? Was the universe made for us? Has physics ruled
out free will? Will we ever have a theory of everything? She lays
out how far physicists are on the way to answering these questions,
where the current limits are, and what questions might well remain
unanswerable forever. Her book offers a no-nonsense yet
entertaining take on some of the toughest riddles in existence and
will give the reader a solid grasp on what we know—and what we
don’t know. Find Sabine on Twitter https://twitter.com/skdh Find
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