Constants of Nature are False Gods of Physics - Dr. Alexander Unzicker, Real Physics, DS Pod #227

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Dr. Alexander Unizicker is a writer, teacher, and host of
Unzicker’s Real Physics ( @TheMachian ) , who is back
for a fourth conversation on the DemystifySci Podcast. In this
episode we discuss the origin of the mathematical constants found
throughout physics, which ones of them are truly fundamental,
which ones can be further simplified, and try to figure out if
the constants are telling us something significant about how the
universe is organized. Buy Alexander's books here & support
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Go! (00:05:28)


What does an ultimate theory of physics accomplish? (00:11:23)


Constants of nature are the new gods (00:19:13)


Calculating the constants of nature from first principles
(00:33:39)


Significance of the fine structure constant (00:53:25)


Constants refer to material properties (01:06:27)


Bodies v. abstractions (01:16:48)


Size of the universe? (01:28:16)


mapping the atom from fine structure constant (01:38:54)


What is measured during particle collisions? (01:49:04)


What's more fundamental than distance & change? (01:57:58)


Meaning of the SOL (02:07:53)


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