#428 - CERN Physicist: "We Found Something That Shouldn't Exist" | Daniel Whiteson
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Daniel Whiteson is a particle physicist at UC Irvine and an active researcher at CERN's Large Hadron Collider.
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OUTLINE
00:00 - Particle-colliding physics at CERN
03:23 - How to detect & measure dark matter
08:46 - Best evidence for existence of dark matter
15:19 - Universe expansion is accelerating
24:52 - Theory that information has mass
28:13 - Conservation of energy debunked
31:53 - Dark energy is taking over the universe
36:23 - James Webb telescope finds early galaxies
42:17 - Black holes
48:36 - The biggest mystery in physics
54:54 - New ion drive propulsion technology
01:03:55 - Voyager satellites & the golden records
01:10:17 - The problem with Spielberg's Disclosure Day
01:15:20 - Earth satellites that pre-date humans
01:25:34 - Our incorrect assumptions about aliens
01:30:08 - How we might learn an alien language
01:35:40 - How AI is advancing science
01:44:35 - Nazi involvement in the Manhattan Project
01:51:11 - Privatization of space exploration
01:57:37 - Jim Gates' simulation hypothesis
02:07:12 - Supersymmetry in the universe
02:13:01 - Mysteries of consciousness
02:16:38 - Telepathy is physically possible
02:23:02 - AI consciousness will be indistinguishable
02:31:19 - The Genesis Project: AI Manhattan Project
02:35:18 - New technologies that will change physics research
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