{"id":96708,"date":"2019-09-26T23:16:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T06:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/leonard-susskind-quantum-mechanics-string-theory-and-black-holes"},"modified":"2019-09-26T23:16:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T06:16:17","slug":"leonard-susskind-quantum-mechanics-string-theory-and-black-holes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/leonard-susskind-quantum-mechanics-string-theory-and-black-holes","title":{"rendered":"Leonard Susskind: Quantum Mechanics, String Theory and Black Holes"},"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\/s78hvV3QLUE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Leonard Susskind is a professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University, and founding director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. He is widely regarded as one of the fathers of string theory and in general as one of the greatest physicists of our time both as a researcher and an educator. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast.<\/p>\n<p>INFO:<br \/> Podcast website:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/ai\">https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/ai<\/a><br \/> iTunes:<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\/category\/ai\/feed\/\">https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/category\/ai\/feed\/<\/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>OUTLINE:<br \/> 00:00 \u2014 Introduction<br \/> 01:02 \u2014 Richard Feynman<br \/> 02:09 \u2014 Visualization and intuition<br \/> 06:45 \u2014 Ego in Science<br \/> 09:27 \u2014 Academia<br \/> 11:18 \u2014 Developing ideas<br \/> 12:12 \u2014 Quantum computers<br \/> 21:37 \u2014 Universe as an information processing system.<br \/> 26:35 \u2014 Machine learning<br \/> 29:47 \u2014 Predicting the future<br \/> 30:48 \u2014 String theory<br \/> 37:03 \u2014 Free will<br \/> 39:26 \u2014 Arrow of time<br \/> 46:39 \u2014 Universe as a computer<br \/> 49:45 \u2014 Big bang<br \/> 50:50 \u2014 Infinity<br \/> 51:35 \u2014 First image of a black hole<br \/> 54:08 \u2014 Questions within the reach of science.<br \/> 55:55 \u2014 Questions out of reach of science.<\/p>\n<p>CONNECT:<br \/> - Subscribe to this YouTube channel<br \/> - Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lexfridman\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/lexfridman<\/a><br \/> - LinkedIn: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lexfridman\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lexfridman<\/a><br \/> - Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lexfridman\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lexfridman<\/a><br \/> - Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lexfridman\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lexfridman<\/a><br \/> - Medium: <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@lexfridman\">https:\/\/medium.com\/@lexfridman<\/a><br \/> - Support on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/lexfridman\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/lexfridman<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leonard Susskind is a professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University, and founding director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. He is widely regarded as one of the fathers of string theory and in general as one of the greatest physicists of our time both as a researcher and an educator. 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