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Exploring the Boundary of Asymmetry in Physics
1:48:03 - 2:00:43 (12:39)
The podcast delves into the foundations of statistical mechanics or thermodynamics to understand how behavior in large objects that is not symmetric with respect to reversing the direction of time, can emerge from equations that are symmetric. It’s an exciting frontier of physics to explore when this is true, and when it’s not, especially with exceptions like time crystals.
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The laws that govern a mirror universe are not the same as the laws that govern our universe, as the concept of charge conjugation symmetry differs in the two.
1:48:03 - 1:51:29 (03:25)
Summary
The laws that govern a mirror universe are not the same as the laws that govern our universe, as the concept of charge conjugation symmetry differs in the two.
ChapterExploring the Boundary of Asymmetry in Physics
Episode#187 – Frank Wilczek: Physics of Quarks, Dark Matter, Complexity, Life & Aliens
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Physics is trying to understand how the asymmetry of large objects not being symmetric with respect to reversing the direction of time can emerge from equations that have a high degree of symmetry, which is disturbingly almost true more than exactly true.
1:51:29 - 1:57:50 (06:21)
Summary
Physics is trying to understand how the asymmetry of large objects not being symmetric with respect to reversing the direction of time can emerge from equations that have a high degree of symmetry, which is disturbingly almost true more than exactly true.
ChapterExploring the Boundary of Asymmetry in Physics
Episode#187 – Frank Wilczek: Physics of Quarks, Dark Matter, Complexity, Life & Aliens
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
A discussion on the evolution of fields such as the electron and photon fields in the early universe and how theories suggest a symmetry that is almost but not quite there in terms of reversing the direction of time.
1:57:50 - 2:00:43 (02:53)
Summary
A discussion on the evolution of fields such as the electron and photon fields in the early universe and how theories suggest a symmetry that is almost but not quite there in terms of reversing the direction of time.