About this episode
Leonard Susskind is a professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University and he’s regarded as one of the fathers of string theory. He’s written several books including: The Black Hole War , The Cosmic Landscape , and the Theoretical Minimum series . He also has over 100 lectures on YouTube . The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon . *** Topics 0:26 - Being perceived as an outsider physicist 4:26 - The perils of becoming too mainstream 6:11 - Where his ideas come from 7:26 - Claudio asks - Do you think the graviton can be experimentally found? 10:11 - The origins of String Theory 15:41 - Why should there be a grand unified theory? 16:56 - Quantum mechanics and gravity 20:16 - Large unanswered questions in physics 27:56 - Holographic principle 38:26 - Simulation hypothesis 40:41 - Richard Feynman on philosophy 42:26 - Feynman and the bomb 46:26 - Improving the world by discovering what the world is 49:26 - ER and EPR - Black holes and entanglement 56:26 - Noah Hammer asks - Could quantum teleportation be used in the future as a means of intergalactic communication? 58:26 - rokkodigi asks - How do you think quantum theory will shape technology in the future? 1:01:56 - Why teach physics for the public?