physics
5 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement May 2, 2018 by Patrick Collison · across every show →
Everything said about physics, oldest first
May 2, 2018 bearish
Collison: Progress in physics slowed down substantially by 2010
“Progress in physics really felt like it had sort of slowed down pretty substantially compared to the, you know, The sort of, the period in which so much of what, you know, we were learning about you know, that, that, that's a broader period of discovery I felt…”
Jan 7, 2020
Strogatz: Social sciences are harder than physics because subjects react to measurement
“The laws governing inanimate bodies are just a lot simpler and more easily quantified than the laws governing populations or individual people. So, the task of the social sciences is extremely hard. They get to feed back on the system that's measuring them. It…”
Jan 7, 2020
Strogatz: All electrons in the universe are identical and never age
“Any two electrons anywhere in the universe are absolutely indistinguishable. There is no diversity of subatomic particles. I mean, they're different particles. Electrons are different from protons, but every electron is completely the same in every respect as …”
Jan 7, 2020 positive
Strogatz: Biology is purely material and will ultimately be explained by physics
“It is ultimately chemistry and physics. I mean, there's no, I don't believe in any vital spirit Or soul, or anything like that. I'm sure some people do, but I don't, I mean, to me, it's all material. It's gonna ultimately be understood in purely materialistic,…”