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#428 – Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens

2024/4/22
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Sean Carroll 详细解释了广义相对论,从狭义相对论出发,逐步引出时空弯曲的概念,并探讨了黑洞、霍金辐射等相关概念。他还阐述了对量子力学的理解,认为爱因斯坦对量子力学的理解并不比其他人差,并对多世界诠释进行了详细的解释。此外,他还讨论了外星文明存在的可能性,以及复杂性从简单事物相互作用中涌现的机制。 Lex Fridman 主要就相对论、量子力学、黑洞、外星生命、全息原理、暗物质、暗能量、人工智能等话题与 Sean Carroll 展开了深入的探讨,并就多世界诠释、模拟假说、复杂性等问题提出了自己的疑问和见解。

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General relativity, building upon special relativity, describes gravity as the curvature of spacetime, a unified entity of space and time. This curvature is caused by the presence of matter and energy, offering a fundamentally different perspective on gravity compared to Newtonian mechanics.
  • Gravity is the curvature of spacetime.
  • Spacetime is a unified entity, not separate concepts.
  • The presence of matter and energy causes spacetime to curve.

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Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist, author, and host of Mindscape podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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EPISODE LINKS: Sean's Website: https://preposterousuniverse.com Mindscape Podcast: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/ Sean's YouTube: https://youtube.com/@seancarroll Sean's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seanmcarroll Sean's Twitter: https://twitter.com/seanmcarroll Sean's Instagram: https://instagram.com/seanmcarroll Sean's Papers: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Lfifrv8AAAAJ Sean's Books: https://amzn.to/3W7yT9N

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OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (11:03) - General relativity (23:22) - Black holes (28:11) - Hawking radiation (32:19) - Aliens (41:15) - Holographic principle (1:05:38) - Dark energy (1:11:38) - Dark matter (1:20:34) - Quantum mechanics (1:41:56) - Simulation (1:44:18) - AGI (1:58:42) - Complexity (2:11:25) - Consciousness (2:20:32) - Naturalism (2:24:49) - Limits of science (2:29:34) - Mindscape podcast (2:39:29) - Einstein