#104 - Leonard Susskind

About this episode

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Susskind">Leonard Susskind</a> is&nbsp;a professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University and he’s regarded as one of the fathers of string theory.<br><br>He’s written several books including:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316016411">The Black Hole War</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-Landscape-String-Illusion-Intelligent/dp/0316013331">The Cosmic Landscape</a>, and the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Theoretical-Minimum-Start-Doing-Physics/dp/0465075681/">Theoretical Minimum series</a>.<br><br>He also has <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQrxduI9Pds1fm91Dmn8x1lo-O_kpZGk8">over 100 lectures on YouTube</a>.<br><br>The YC podcast is hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/craigcannon">Craig Cannon</a>.<br><br>***<br><br><b>Topics</b><br><br>0:26 - Being perceived as an outsider physicist<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;<br>4:26 - The perils of becoming too mainstream<br><br>6:11 - Where his ideas come from<br><br>7:26 - Claudio asks - Do you think the graviton can be experimentally found?<br><br>10:11 - The origins of String Theory<br><br>15:41 - Why should there be a grand unified theory?<br><br>16:56 - Quantum mechanics and gravity<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>20:16 - Large unanswered questions in physics<br><br>27:56 - Holographic principle<br><br>38:26 - Simulation hypothesis<br><br>40:41 - Richard Feynman on philosophy<br><br>42:26 - Feynman and the bomb<br><br>46:26 - Improving the world by discovering what the world is<br><br>49:26 - ER and EPR - Black holes and entanglement<br><br>56:26 - Noah Hammer asks - Could quantum teleportation be used in the future as a means of intergalactic communication?<br><br>58:26 - rokkodigi asks - How do you think quantum theory will shape technology in the future?<br><br>1:01:56 - Why teach physics for the public?<br></p>