Phymaths podcast # 60 || Dr. Daniel Whiteson
Show notes
Description
Dr. Daniel Whiteson is an experimental high-energy physicist at UC Irvine and works in the ATLAS collaboration. He is also a science communicator, who made the Daytime Emmy nominated series Elinor Wonders Why, and he also hosts a podcast named Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe. His new book titled "Do Aliens speak Physics" is coming on 4th November. In this episode, we talk and speculate about different topics in the context of aliens. The links to his book and podcast are given below.
Some links
1) Do aliens speak physics website: https://sites.uci.edu/alienphysics/
2) His podcast: https://sites.uci.edu/danielandkelly/
3) Link to the high energy physics resources page on my website: https://hassaansaleem.com/graduate-level-theoretical-physics-resources-in-progress/
Contact Info
My website: hassaansaleem.com
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Time stamps
(00:00) Introduction of the guest
(00:27) Motivations behind the book
(02:46) Aliens version of geopolitics
(06:01) Is 1+1=2 everywhere?
(17:50) Do Aliens write? (and their language)
(24:36) Physics/Chemistry/Biology distinctions
(28:55) Aliens contacting certain genuises?
(35:41) Peculiar history of discoveries in Physics
(43:53) Talking to strangers and Aliens
(47:11) Is Physics of the universe unique?
(56:39) Can aliens manipulate observations?
(58:51) What if aliens don't care about science?
(1:04:36) Human dating aliens
(1:07:54) Alien Psychology
(1:09:33) Which past idea may be true
(1:11:17) Topics that he couldn't include in book
(1:14:18) Aliens and money
(1:18:10) (People's question) Aliens and extra dimensions
(1:19:16) (People's question) Aliens and dark matter
(1:20:12) (People's question) Aliens and anti matter
(1:21:10) (People's question) What question to ask?
(1:22:03) (People's question) Have aliens visited us?
(1:24:13) When would the book be available?