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Contemporary theoretical physics is stuck and universities stifle original thought in young people says Neil Turok, Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics at Edinburgh and former director of the Perimeter Institute. Incredible speaking to Neil--so humble yet incredibly inspirational.

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Ananyo Bhattacharya3 个月前

Wide-ranging, absorbing conversation covering everything from AI will solve physics (no!) to the chances of intelligent life in our galaxy. And what happened when Stephen Hawking met Nelson Mandela! Catch up with the full interview:

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Ananyo Bhattacharya3 个月前

Subscribe to the @London_Inst channel and check out our interviews with @edfrenkel and @stephen_wolfram

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Michael Aronstein3 个月前

Worse in economics. Academic culture does not encourage people to question anointed oracles.

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Sean McClure3 个月前

When information flows freely, institutions become a solution to nothing.

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Joe3 个月前

fascinating perspective

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M3 个月前

And it is precisely those grad students undeterred by this obvious sterilizing mechanism (for lack of creativity) that continue to become professors, thereby perpetuating the creative demise of academia.

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Francisco Rojas3 个月前

So, what is the solution?

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Eamon O'Flynn3 个月前

I like Neil a lot. When I was at Perimeter he was always interesting and kind. He definitely has an ego, but in the way that everyone at the absolute top of their field has an ego. Most importantly, he legitimately seemed like a good person.

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thebigstinker3 个月前

Why doesn't he just say it is all about money now? That captures all the ailments. Money brings bureaucracy, which leads to standardized exams for quality control. Quality is defined by the crowds and encourages mediocrity. He also mentions grants and feeding the university.

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अविनाश Avinash Hindu3 个月前

@Kaju_Nut i hope you are already not doing this to your students. please let your students fly !!

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princesscandyland3 个月前

I disagree: a) even first degrees include original work as part of Yr 3 requirement; b) how can anyone complete a PhD to the required standard without an experienced supervisor? c) junior Faculty often get reduced workloads; d) original proposals win grants. What am I missing?

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Ananyo Bhattacharya3 个月前

a) there's original and original-paradigm shifting. in maths and theory, truly radical ideas often come from young researchers b) 'experienced' vs 'committed to a paradigm' c) maybe if lucky. but also pressure to publish/win grants etc d) not TOO original

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Jenny Lorraine Nielsen ⭐🐯3 个月前

Jenny Lorraine Nielsen, The Topological Unified Field Theory on the Complex Hopf Fibration (The Complex Hopf Fibration as the Canonical Space for Gauge-Gravity Unification: The Field, Universal Action, and Particle Spectrum) - PhilPapers Just passed round 2(ish) of peer review

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Llorens MRC3 个月前

La física teórica contemporánea ha corrido tanto en hipótesis y teorías cada vez más fantásticas y menos fiables que no le viene mal una pausa de reconsideración, al menos hasta que la física experimental vaya certificando o descartando pasos fundamentales para proseguir.

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TheoryOfNearlyEverything3 个月前

right, its stucked because of corrupted babes #(ZFC) @LEAN appoved:

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cf13 个月前

The root of all evil is Einstein's theory of relativity. Unless we discard it, physics will never return to normal.

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Sixwaki.co.za3 个月前

I enjoyed this sit down, Neil Turok is one of my inspirations... "Nature's message is I am simple." I am, not from the establishment with unique solutions foundational questions. My An(1) theory, for instance, bootstrap the universe from literally 1. All of physics and reality!

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George Kenney3 个月前

Pssst! It’s not just theoretical physics…

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