Why This Universe?
Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman
Categories: Science & Medicine
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Pseudoscience can sometimes be hard to distinguish from the real thing. Today we discuss how philosophers of science have thought about this problem. For ad free episodes and other exclusives, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverse Our merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-universe
Previous episodes
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94 - 82 - Science Vs. PseudoscienceMon, 29 Apr 2024
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93 - 81 - Ancient Greek AstronomyMon, 15 Apr 2024
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92 - 80 - (April Fools 2024) A Surprising Discovery Shaking Up Modern CosmologyMon, 1 Apr 2024
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91 - 79 - NanoGRAV's Big Gravitational Wave Discovery (Ft. Chiara Mingarelli)Mon, 18 Mar 2024
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90 - 78 - The Life of a Science Journalist (Ft. Katrina Miller)Mon, 4 Mar 2024
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89 - 77 - All About Quantum Computing (Ft. Henry Lamm)Mon, 5 Feb 2024
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88 - 76 - Do We Live in a Simulation?Mon, 22 Jan 2024
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87 - 75 - Physics in Extreme Locations (Ft. Daniel Baxter & Alexandra Rahlin)Mon, 8 Jan 2024
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86 - 8 - Is Space Flat or Curved?Mon, 18 Dec 2023
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85 - 74 - The Copernican Revolution (Ft. Aviva Rothman)Mon, 4 Dec 2023
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84 - 73 - Life Beyond Earth (Ft. Avi Loeb and Garrett Graff at the Chicago Humanities Festival)Mon, 20 Nov 2023
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83 - 72 - The Physics Of Music (Ft. Tim Cohen)Mon, 6 Nov 2023
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82 - 71 - How the Universe Got Its StructureMon, 23 Oct 2023
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81 - 70 - WTU Live: Will Intelligent Life Persist in the Universe? (ft. Daniel Holz and Diana Powell)Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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80 - Special Announcement + ChatGPT On Unifying Quantum Mechanics and RelativityThu, 28 Sep 2023
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79 - 69 - An Update on Modified Gravity (MOND)Mon, 28 Aug 2023
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78 - 68 - The Age of the UniverseMon, 14 Aug 2023
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77 - 6 - Your Tour Through Quantum Weirdness (Rebroadcast)Mon, 31 Jul 2023
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76 - 67 - When Science Meets Spirituality (Ft. Alan Lightman)Mon, 17 Jul 2023
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75 - 66 - When Space Was Filled With MusicMon, 3 Jul 2023
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74 - 65 - Should We Build a Muon Collider? (Ft. Cari Cesarotti)Mon, 22 May 2023
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73 - 64 - The Journey to the Big BangMon, 8 May 2023
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72 - 63 - The Question of Consciousness (Ft. David Chalmers)Mon, 17 Apr 2023
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71 - 47 - Boltzmann Brains: Could Reality Be An Illusion? (Rebroadcast)Mon, 27 Mar 2023
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70 - 62 - JWST and the Earliest Galaxies in the Universe (ft. Mike Boylan-Kolchin)Mon, 13 Mar 2023
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69 - 61 - Could the Large Hadron Collider Destroy the World?Mon, 27 Feb 2023
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68 - 60 - The Search for Extra DimensionsMon, 13 Feb 2023
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67 - 59 - The End of Everything (Ft. Katie Mack)Mon, 9 Jan 2023
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66 - 58 - The Risks of Science PopulismMon, 12 Dec 2022
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65 - 57 - String Theory Part 3: DualityMon, 21 Nov 2022
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64 - 56 - An Icy Neutrino InterruptionMon, 7 Nov 2022
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63 - 55 - String Theory Part 2: The First Superstring RevolutionMon, 24 Oct 2022
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62 - 54 - String Theory Part 1: What Is It?Mon, 3 Oct 2022
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61 - 53 - Why We Need a Theory of Quantum GravityMon, 12 Sep 2022
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60 - 52 - The Large Hadron Collider and All Its GloryMon, 22 Aug 2022
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59 - 51 - Why Physicists Love Smashing Particles TogetherMon, 1 Aug 2022
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58 - 50 - The Black Hole At the Center of the Milky WayMon, 11 Jul 2022
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57 - 49 - When the Universe Changed in an InstantMon, 27 Jun 2022
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56 - 48 - A Wrong Picture Of CosmologyMon, 23 May 2022
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55 - 13 - Does Quantum Mechanics Imply a Multiverse? (Rebroadcast)Mon, 9 May 2022
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54 - 47 - Boltzmann Brains: Could Reality Be An Illusion?Mon, 25 Apr 2022
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53 - 46 - The Cosmic Rays Raining Down On UsMon, 4 Apr 2022
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52 - 25 - Do Extra Dimensions Exist? (Rebroadcast)Mon, 14 Mar 2022
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51 - 45 - The Wide World of Exoplanets (ft. Diana Powell)Mon, 28 Feb 2022
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50 - 44 - Our Deepest Theory: Quantum Field TheoryMon, 14 Feb 2022
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49 - 43 - Is Physics the Most Fundamental Subject?Mon, 31 Jan 2022
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48 - 42 - The Signal That Could Be the Dark MatterMon, 17 Jan 2022
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47 - 41 - The Hubble Tension: The Biggest Fight in Astronomy (ft. Wendy Freedman)Mon, 3 Jan 2022
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46 - 40 - How Will JWST Change Astronomy?Mon, 20 Dec 2021
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45 - 23 - Does Physics Allow for Free Will? (Rebroadcast)Mon, 29 Nov 2021
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