Lawrence Krauss: Hidden Realities - The Greatest Story Ever Told... So Far (at Conway Hall)
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Published 2016-12-16
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The Conway Memorial Lecture 2016 with Lawrence Krauss. Chaired by A. C. Grayling.
This is how the story of the greatest intellectual adventure in history should be introduced - how humanity reached its current understanding of the universe, one that is far removed from the realm of everyday experience. Krauss connects the world we know with the invisible world all around us, which is removed from intuition and direct sensation. He explains our current understanding of nature and the struggle to construct the greatest theoretical edifice ever assembled, the Standard Model of Particle Physics -- and then to understand its implications for our existence.
[This talk was filmed at Conway Hall, London, in 2016]
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All Comments (21)
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Who knew that i would be living in the time of new physics Titans and that i would be able to grasp history while its in the making. Real progress observable in our lifetime!
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Lawrence Krauss makes me cry of joy for the knowledge and the advancements in science in our life time. This conference is so good that everybody should watch it. He has the ability to make you understand the most difficult theories. Thank so much Lawrence.
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It is the worst of times, politics are part of our daily lives. I am glad intelligent people are discussing it.
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The MORE I come to KNOW, The MORE I come to KNOW I "REALLY DONT"KNOW.
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The hidden reality theory is one the most interesting idea that has ever existed and I think will ever exist. This is because in hidden reality every thing is possible simply because no one has information to conclude on yes or no. That's why the reality is hidden and so interesting.
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I wonder what a world without politics would look like.
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Lawrence Krauss is just over the top with his discussion talks, and I wish he did more of them.
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Greatly enjoyed this lecture!
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when asked what its like being the smartest person on earth Einstein replied "I don't know ask Mr. Tesla"
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Imagine somebody didn’t torch the Library of Alexandria and we get something more than just Plato
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I love the way the staunch materialist Lawrence Krauss very carefully calls it an 'accident' rather than a 'miracle'. Especially when in this case both mean the same thing. As Einstein said: Either you believe it all happened by accident or you believe it was a miracle.
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Van Gogh ( Starry Night ) made no money as an artist , but now his paintings are worth 100 million.He said he painted what he saw , but he never claimed to paint what everyone else saw.
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Love to listen to these lectures....I'm by no means fully cognitive of everything they talk about but....They open doors to a much clearer perception of the universe on my part....Thank's!!
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Everyone on Earth 🌏 needs to stop and watch this now. Brilliant.
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His illustration served to make me feel that there are perspectives and personal realities based on our individual perspectives. They’re not really an illusion as such, just a limited view of reality, a definition of reality from our own perspective. That’s why curiosity is so important for science, to get us to m wonder what’s beyond our own horizon. “The illusion of design is an accident” This is an atheist fantasy rather than a scientific theory. The danger of taking physics into the realm of philosophy is that we use it to create new religions every day that suit our own fantastic imagination. It tells us something about our inner desires, but sheds very little light on the true nature of reality. The fact that matter and the universe as we know could blink put of existence in a moment should cause us to be filled with wonder that our existence is so improbable, potentially ephemeral and apparently accidental; that so much order and beauty has arisen out of apparently nothing doesn’t mean to me that life and the universe are meaningless. It means to me that they’re incredibly miraculous and that our existence is providential. It adds meaning to our existence rather than removing it.
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Algebraic independence of variables & numbers over fields is fascinating. Proving that no finite algebraic relations exist among a set of numbers if incredibly difficult work.
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I was torn between this and "The Great British Bake Off" I chose wisely.
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It looks like he's standing next to a big bottle of cologne.
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Thank you Lawrence. Beau...uuuu...tiful lecture!
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The greatest story never told is much better.
