Do We Live In An Infinite Universe? Featuring Paul Sutter

Do We Live In An Infinite Universe? - Quantum Mechanics Explained

In this episode of John Michael Godier's Event Horizon. John's guest is Dr. Paul M. Sutter of the Ask A Spaceman Youtube Channel. They discuss Gravity, the Big Bang and the beginning of the Universe as well as Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and how it clashes with Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes, String Theory, SETI and the search for Extraterrestrial life.

If we live in a infinite universe will we know? If the universe is finite, what would happen if you traveled to the edge. Does the universe go on forever? How far do galaxies stretch out into space? And what's beyond them?

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00:00:00 - Introduction: The fundamental questions about the universe.
00:02:58 - Event Horizon intro and guest introduction: Dr. Paul Sutter.
00:03:39 - Discussion on Dr. Sutter’s book Your Place in the Universe.
00:05:06 - Debate on the uniqueness of intelligent life and the Drake Equation.
00:07:09 - The great filters in the emergence of intelligent life.
00:10:08 - The search for extraterrestrial life: SETI and exoplanet bio-signatures.
00:14:00 - The challenge of proving life exists on exoplanets.
00:16:02 - The role of funding and prioritization in astrophysics research.
00:20:09 - The earliest time life could have appeared in the universe.
00:25:06 - The expansion of the universe: What is it expanding into?
00:29:00 - Comparing black hole event horizons to the boundaries of the universe.
00:31:00 - The possibility of an infinite universe and its implications.
00:34:39 - The concept of repeating structures in an infinite universe.
00:38:00 - How inflation theory ties into the early universe.
00:41:10 - Why gravity remains separate from quantum mechanics.
00:45:00 - Einstein’s resistance to quantum mechanics.
00:48:06 - String theory, loop quantum gravity, and the search for a unified theory.
00:50:27 - The possibility that a unified theory may never be found.
00:51:06 - Closing thoughts on scientific revolutions and the search for intelligence.

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Paul Sutter received his PhD in Physics in 2011 as a Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellow as well as being an editor for Space.com. His new book “Your Place in The Universe: Understanding Our Big, Messy Existence”. Arrives on November 20th, available from book retailers everywhere.


CREDITS
Footage
NASA
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
JPL
HUBBLE
ESO
PIXABAY

MUSIC

Kai Engel https://kaiengel.bandcamp.com/
Daedalus
Oneiri
Aspirato
Daemones
Periculum

Miguel Johnson https://migueljohnson.bandcamp.com/
Drifting
Forever Night
Night Forever



Stellardrone https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com/
Ascent
Between the Rings
The Divine Cosmos


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