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#246 – Peter Woit: Theories of Everything and Why String Theory is Not Even Wrong
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Peter Woit is a theoretical physicist, mathematician, critic of string theory, and author of the popular science blog Not Even Wrong. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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() – Introduction
() – Physics vs mathematics
() – Beauty of mathematics
() – String theory
() – Theory of everything
() – Twistor theory and spinors
() – Nobel Prize likelihood for theory of everything
() – Simulating physics
() – Sci-Fi, aliens and space
() – Responsibility of scientists
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