{"id":179328,"date":"2023-12-27T19:46:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T01:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/finding-meaning-at-the-quantum-level"},"modified":"2023-12-27T19:46:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T01:46:31","slug":"finding-meaning-at-the-quantum-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/finding-meaning-at-the-quantum-level","title":{"rendered":"Finding meaning at the quantum level"},"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\/gt0rpqnVdPI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kmele steps inside Fermilab, America\u2019s premiere particle accelerator facility, to find out how the smallest particles in the universe can teach us about its biggest mysteries.\\<br \/> \\<br \/> This video is an episode from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The\">@The<\/a>-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnTempletonFoundation\">@JohnTempletonFoundation<\/a>.\\<br \/> \\<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full podcast now \u25ba \u2022 Dispatches from The Well \\<br \/> \\<br \/> According to Fermilab\u2019s Bonnie Flemming, the pursuit of scientific understanding is \u201cdaunting in an inspiring way.\u201d What makes it daunting? The seemingly infinite number of questions, with their potentially inaccessible answers.\\<br \/> \\<br \/> In this episode of Dispatches from The Well, host Kmele Foster tours the grounds of America\u2019s legendary particle accelerator to discover how exploring the mysteries at the heart of particle physics help us better understand some of the most profound mysteries of our universe.\\<br \/> \\<br \/> Read the video transcript \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/the-well\/dispatc\">https:\/\/bigthink.com\/the-well\/dispatc<\/a>\u2026\\<br \/> \\<br \/> 00:00:00 \u2014 The Miracle of Birth\\<br \/> 00:04:48 \u2014 Exploring the Universe\u2019s Mysteries\\<br \/> 00:09:20 \u2014 Building Blocks of Matter and the Standard Model\\<br \/> 00:13:35 \u2014 The Evolving Body of Knowledge\\<br \/> 00:17:39 \u2014 Understanding the Early Universe\\<br \/> 00:22:05 \u2014 Reflections on Particle Physics\\<br \/> 00:25:34 \u2014 The Extraordinary Effort to Understand the Small\\<br \/> 00:29:59 \u2014 From Paleontology to Astrophysics\\<br \/> 00:33:40 \u2014 The Importance of the Scientific Method and Being Critical\\<br \/> \\<br \/> \\<br \/> About Kmele Foster:\\<br \/> \\<br \/> Kmele Foster is a media entrepreneur, commentator, and regular contributor to various national publications. He is the co-founder and co-host of The Fifth Column, a popular media criticism podcast.\\<br \/> \\<br \/> He is the head of content at Founders Fund, a San Francisco based venture capital firm investing in companies building revolutionary technologies, and a partner at Freethink, a digital media company focused on the people and ideas changing our world.\\<br \/> \\<br \/> Kmele also serves on the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).\\<br \/> \\<br \/> \\<br \/> Read more from The Well: \\<br \/> Actually, neuroscience suggests \u201cthe self\u201d is real\\<br \/> \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/the-well\/actuall\">https:\/\/bigthink.com\/the-well\/actuall<\/a>\u2026\\<br \/> Mary Shelley\u2019s Frankenstein can illuminate the debate over generative AI\\<br \/> \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/the-well\/mary-sh\">https:\/\/bigthink.com\/the-well\/mary-sh<\/a>\u2026\\<br \/> Few of us desire true equality. It\u2019s time to own up to it\\<br \/> \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/the-well\/few-des\">https:\/\/bigthink.com\/the-well\/few-des<\/a>\u2026\\<br \/> \\<br \/> \\<br \/> About The Well\\<br \/> Do we inhabit a multiverse? Do we have free will? What is love? Is evolution directional? There are no simple answers to life\u2019s biggest questions, and that\u2019s why they\u2019re the questions occupying the world\u2019s brightest minds.\\<br \/> \\<br \/> Together, let\u2019s learn from them.\\<br \/> \\<\/p>\n<p>\\<br \/> \\<br \/> Join The Well on your favorite platforms:\\<br \/> \u25ba Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/thewellFB\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/thewellFB<\/a> \\<br \/> \u25ba Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/thewellIG\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/thewellIG<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kmele steps inside Fermilab, America\u2019s premiere particle accelerator facility, to find out how the smallest particles in the universe can teach us about its biggest mysteries.\\ \\ This video is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFoundation.\\ \\ Watch the full podcast now \u25ba \u2022 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1527,45,47,48,1617,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alien-life","category-finance","category-neuroscience","category-particle-physics","category-quantum-physics","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}