Episode
#257 – Brian Keating: Cosmology, Astrophysics, Aliens & Losing the Nobel Prize
4:06:08
Published: Tue Jan 18 2022
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Brian Keating is an experimental physicist at the UCSD, author of Losing the Nobel Prize, and host of the Into the Impossible podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex and use code Lex25 to get 25% off - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil - Magic Spoon: https://magicspoon.com/lex and use code LEX to get $5 off - MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off - Onnit: https://lexfridman.com/onnit to get up to 10% off EPISODE LINKS: Brian's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating Brian's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrBrianKeating Books and resources mentioned: Losing the Nobel Prize: https://amzn.to/3E6GSHI Into the Impossible: https://amzn.to/3Fb6F2E PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman 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 (06:46) - Telescope (12:10) - Beginning of the universe (32:23) - Science and the Soviet Union (37:49) - What it's like to be a scientist (56:45) - Age of the universe (59:37) - Expansion of the universe (1:07:37) - Gravitational waves (1:10:49) - BICEP (1:36:05) - Nobel prize (1:59:06) - Joe Rogan (2:06:21) - Recognition in science (2:14:30) - Curiosity (2:22:18) - Losing the Nobel Prize (2:35:13) - Galileo Galilei (2:54:00) - Eric Weinstein (3:12:21) - Scientific community (3:30:02) - James Webb telescope (3:35:01) - Panspermia (3:38:32) - Origin of life (3:43:59) - Aliens (3:49:41) - Death and purpose (3:53:53) - God (3:59:49) - Power
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