Episode #1428
Brian Greene
Books mentioned
The Denial of Death
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The Power of Myth
Mentioned by Brian Greene · at 01:02:42 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
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The Elegant Universe
Mentioned by Brian Greene · at 01:56:15 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Hidden Reality
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Theoretical physicist and string theorist Brian Greene discusses the cosmic history of life, consciousness, entropy, and humanity’s distant future, including the eventual dissolution of cosmic structure. He and Joe Rogan also examine the Big Bang, quantum intuition, multiple realities, alien life, psychedelics, and the roles of science, religion, meditation, and creativity in human life.
What they talked about
- Entropy and the formation of order in the universe
- The far future of the cosmos and proton decay
- The nature of time and the Big Bang as the beginning of time
- Dark energy and the accelerating expansion of the universe
- Critique of pseudoscience and the film 'What the Bleep Do We Know?'
- The hard problem of consciousness and panpsychism
- Brian Greene's terrifying psychedelic experience in Amsterdam
- The role of storytelling, myth, and religion in human culture
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