New Science Life with Sean Carroll!
Added 2017-07-21 14:00:52 +0000 UTCHey patrons!! I got to talk to my absolute favourite physicist and ask him all my head-scratchers. Hope you enjoy it!
Reminder: This isn't a paid post. You only pay me when I make songs :)
Cheers!
-Tim
Comments
Hey again Tim BTW, one concept you were reaching for has been named "chunking", which is the technique whereby low level details are shoved into a black box to allow our minds to process a single *named* higher level concept. e.g. a chess master might represent the locations of all 64 squares of the board as "Ruy-Lopez opening with an extra knight move" The morality issue was also interesting. I seem to agree with you, but I liked how he asked why. I also haven't studied the math enough to know which side of string-theory I should be on, but "lemonade"? ouch. Still, I found him clear on many complex issues and his passion for curiosity was sweet. I think I'm going to show this to my 7 & 10 Y.O.boys. Thanks again.
wls@rainfarm.com
2017-08-30 18:56:17 +0000 UTCThanks Tim. I love hearing smart people talk about what they do, and you did a good job of keeping him moving and focused on interesting stuff. Definitely missing my days at MIT where stuff like this was regular everyday lunch conversation.
wls@rainfarm.com
2017-08-30 18:19:47 +0000 UTC
