{"id":151038,"date":"2022-11-24T22:24:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T04:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/lee-smolin-quantum-gravity-and-einsteins-unfinished-revolution"},"modified":"2022-11-24T22:24:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T04:24:04","slug":"lee-smolin-quantum-gravity-and-einsteins-unfinished-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/lee-smolin-quantum-gravity-and-einsteins-unfinished-revolution","title":{"rendered":"Lee Smolin: Quantum Gravity and Einstein\u2019s Unfinished Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WgLo4gmEraU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lee Smolin is a theoretical physicist, co-inventor of loop quantum gravity, and a contributor of many interesting ideas to cosmology, quantum field theory, the foundations of quantum mechanics, theoretical biology, and the philosophy of science. He is the author of several books including one that critiques the state of physics and string theory called The Trouble with Physics, and his latest book, Einstein\u2019s Unfinished Revolution: The Search for What Lies Beyond the Quantum.<\/p>\n<p>This episode is presented by Cash App. Download it &amp; use code \u201cLexPodcast\u201d:<br \/> Cash App (App Store): <a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/2sPrUHe\">https:\/\/apple.co\/2sPrUHe<\/a>.<br \/> Cash App (Google Play): <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2MlvP5w\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2MlvP5w<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>PODCAST INFO:<br \/> Podcast website:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7YPFxyeTF3\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/podcast\/\">Lex Fridman Podcast<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Lex Fridman Podcast&#8221; &#8212; Lex Fridman\" src=\"https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/podcast\/embed\/#?secret=AD3SAIT4uR#?secret=7YPFxyeTF3\" data-secret=\"7YPFxyeTF3\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/> Apple Podcasts:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/2lwqZIr\">https:\/\/apple.co\/2lwqZIr<\/a>.<br \/> Spotify:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/spoti.fi\/2nEwCF8\">https:\/\/spoti.fi\/2nEwCF8<\/a><br \/> RSS:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/feed\/podcast\/\">https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/feed\/podcast\/<\/a><br \/> Full episodes playlist:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lex Fridman Podcast\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/> Clips playlist:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lex Fridman Podcast Clips\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>EPISODE LINKS:<br \/> Books mentioned:<br \/> - Einstein\u2019s Unfinished Revolution by Lee Smolin: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TsF5c3\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TsF5c3<\/a><br \/> - The Trouble With Physics by Lee Smolin: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2v1FMzy\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2v1FMzy<\/a>.<br \/> - Against Method by Paul Feyerabend: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VOPXCD\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VOPXCD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OUTLINE:<br \/> 0:00 \u2014 Introduction.<br \/> 3:03 \u2014 What is real?<br \/> 5:03 \u2014 Scientific method and scientific progress.<br \/> 24:57 \u2014 Eric Weinstein and radical ideas in science.<br \/> 29:32 \u2014 Quantum mechanics and general relativity.<br \/> 47:24 \u2014 Sean Carroll and many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.<br \/> 55:33 \u2014 Principles in science.<br \/> 57:24 \u2014 String theory.<\/p>\n<p>CONNECT:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/lee-smolin-quantum-gravity-and-einsteins-unfinished-revolution\">Continue reading \u201cLee Smolin: Quantum Gravity and Einstein\u2019s Unfinished Revolution\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee Smolin is a theoretical physicist, co-inventor of loop quantum gravity, and a contributor of many interesting ideas to cosmology, quantum field theory, the foundations of quantum mechanics, theoretical biology, and the philosophy of science. 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