#140 Sean Carroll - The Limits of Scientific Explanation
1/26/20261 hr 20 min
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Sean Michael Carroll is an American theoretical physicist who specializes in quantum mechanics, cosmology, and the philosophy of science.
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0:00 – Tour
0:32 – Can Science Alone Expl...
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
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Speaker 20:01
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Speaker 10:04
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Speaker 20:05
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Speaker 10:12
Did she have to fight a dragon?
Speaker 20:13
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Speaker 10:16
Was it scary?
Speaker 20:18
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Speaker 10:20
Did the car have a sunroof?
Speaker 20:21
It did, actually.
Speaker 10:22
Okay, good story.
Speaker 20:24
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Alex O'Connor· Host0:30
Hey, I'm going on a tour of the United Kingdom. If you've ever been interested in that big question of God's existence, or tried to make sense of religion in the twenty-first century, or consciousness, or anything philosophical, then join me on stage as I try to work out some of these topics with you. I'll be in conversation with a good friend, but also bring questions because there will be an extensive Q&A, and maybe even an opportunity to hear and rate some of your philosophical hot takes. The tour dates are on screen. The link to buy tickets is in the description, and I hope to see you there. Sean Carroll, welcome to the show.
Sean Carroll· Guest1:03
Thanks very much for having me.
Alex O'Connor· Host1:04
Is science on its own enough to understand the universe?
Sean Carroll· Guest1:12
The universe, maybe, yeah. I do think that there are plenty of questions out there that science is not up to the task of uniquely answering. Maybe those questions include things like mathematics, which is sort of purely formal and logical and would be true either dependet-