Reverse Physics - Dr. Gabriele Carcassi, U. Michigan, DSPod #265

Prof. Gabriele Carcassi is a University of Michigan Physicists
who became obsessed with a simple question during his training.
Where do the mathematics of physics actually come from? They are
handed down to us as students as if they were immutable laws of
nature… but are they? Or are they simply mathematical
transformations that have long ago left the realm of reality and
made their home in the spheres of theory? It turns out that we
really don’t know where the line between pure theory and physical
reality can be drawn! Luckily, Carcassi and his research partner
Prof. Christine Aidala have dedicated their time to deciphering
what they call the “Assumptions of Physics,” a project which they
hope will let them take apart the basic principles of the
foundational science and put the whole thing back together again
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 @AssumptionsofPhysicsResearch  00:00 Go! 00:06:00
Reverse physics 00:07:07 Standard physics approach 00:09:36
Lagrangian rulers 00:19:15 What is a physical dimension? 00:27:51
What is an electron, really? 00:34:30 Physical objects as
informational bins 00:48:45 Math & intuition 01:00:57 Begging
for money in basic science 01:21:48 Physics envy 01:36:47 Reverse
physics undermines standard approach? 01:48:38 Constants of
nature 02:05:52 Empiricists v. rationalists 02:35:36 Interpreting
quantum spin 02:53:22 Michael Levin #sciencepodcast
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