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Physics & Philosophy with Sean Carroll

6/5/202648 min

Why is the past different from the future? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore the universe’s deepest questions like why is there anything, how we know we are in the real present, if there could be a unified theory of physics and more with theoretical physicist Sean Carroll.

Originally aired August 29, 2023.

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