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Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

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Artificial Intelligence
Cosmology
Dark Matter
Physics
Consciousness
Dark Energy
Quantum Mechanics
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Extraterrestrial Life
Astronomy
Cosmic Microwave Background
Galileo Galilei
Multiverse
3I Atlas
Evolution
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James Webb Space Telescope
Free Will
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Think like a physicist. Wonder like a human. Into the Impossible is where Cosmic Conversations happen — uniting Nobel Prize winners, iconoclasts, authors, and technologists to explore reality’s deepest questions. From AI to aliens, from biophysics to the brain, from the cosmos to the multiverse, Brian Keating, Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Physics at UC San Diego covers it all. If you’ve... more

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Emad Mostaque
Founder of Stability AI
Stability AI
Episode: Roman Yampolskiy vs Emad Mostaque: I Was The Only Optimist - #569
Nigel Goldenfeld
Condensed matter physicist; author and professor
University of California, Berkeley? (as discussed in context)
Episode: The Physics Reason AI Works When It Shouldn’t - #568
Darren Lipomi
Chair of Chemical and Sustainability Engineering at the University of Rochester
University of Rochester
Episode: Engineering Chair: Most People Should Not Go To College - #567
John Martinis
Nobel Prize–winning physicist known for macroscopic quantum tunneling work in superconducting circuits
Colab / Qolab (as discussed in episode)
Episode: John Martinis: The Nobel Physicist Behind Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling - #566
Scott Dodelson
Cosmologist, runs the Cosmic Physics Division at Fermilab; Professor at University of Chicago
Fermilab; University of Chicago
Episode: Fermilab’s Scott Dodelson on Cosmology’s Crisis - #565
Niayesh Afshordi
Professor of Physics, Perimeter Institute / University of Waterloo
Perimeter Institute / University of Waterloo
Episode: Faith & the Physicist: Aliens, Astrobiology, String Theory, and the Search for Meaning
Annie Jacobsen
Investigative journalist and author specializing in defense, war, and science
Episode: Annie Jacobsen: How One Lab Leak Ends the World in 6 Days - #564
Nate Soares
Director of research at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Episode: We Built Something We Can’t Control | A Warning from Top AI Safety Expert - #563
Michael Shermer
Science writer, skeptic, founder of Skeptic magazine
Skeptic magazine
Episode: Michael Shermer: The Only Skeptic on the Alien Task Force - #562

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Brian Keating
Host of the show; physicist and author; UC San Diego affinity noted across episodes.

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4.5 out of 5 stars from 2.5k ratings
  • A fun listen!

    This isn’t just for eggheads! Brian has a great personality and finds the humor and common interest in a even the most esoteric areas of study! Try it! You won’t be disappointed!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Sharon Sagan
    United States23 days ago
  • Too much religion

    This guy has plenty of intelligent things to say but he’s such a religious zealot that it doesn’t take long for him to become tiresome. Plus he’s a big cheerleader for the intellectual fraudster Eric Weinstein and that should be enough reason for anyone to turn him off.

    Apple Podcasts
    2
    Ship of Mike
    Australia2 months ago
  • Physicist-Human

    Think like a physicist and wonder like a human…and always talk to people who have different view points. His podcasts are always at least interesting and at most deeply game changing.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    WendyQuilter
    United States3 months ago
  • from last to first in class

    Brian, you better be right about all this God stuff

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Anotsofunnyguy
    United States5 months ago
  • Is the show about science?

    Because it seems to be more about politics and religion than actual astronomy. Also the last episode crying about Joe Rogan not believing in the moon landing made me start actually doubting NASA which is ironic since that was the opposite of what Keating intended.

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    MisterAnarchy
    Switzerland5 months ago

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Fermilab’s Scott Dodelson on Cosmology’s Crisis - #565
Q: What is the Dodelson-Widrow mechanism?
A historical mechanism proposing sterile neutrinos as a dark matter candidate via early-universe oscillations, discussed as a potential path to producing the right abundance of sterile neutrinos without conflicting with known physics.
Fermilab’s Scott Dodelson on Cosmology’s Crisis - #565
Q: What is new in the field of dark energy?
The discussion highlights ongoing tensions and tests of the standard model, with emphasis on how data from DES and CMB measurements are probing the Lambda-CDM framework and what might indicate room for revision or a new paradigm.
We Built Something We Can’t Control | A Warning from Top AI Safety Expert - #563
Q: Why is controllability considered a misleading framing, and what should we focus on instead when thinking about alignment?
Controllability implies twisting a machine to satisfy a fixed objective; the better approach is to build systems that actually care about human flourishing, with incentives and architectures that align with humane goals rather than trying to force obedience through constraints.
We Built Something We Can’t Control | A Warning from Top AI Safety Expert - #563
Q: What was the origin of the book's provocative subtitle and cover art, and what message did you want to send with it?
The subtitle Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All was chosen to clearly indicate avoidable risk and to underscore that the danger is not inevitability but a track that can be changed; the cover and wording were debated, but the aim was to convey urgency without hedging.
Dead Cows, Aliens, & Ghosts: How Kevin Knuth Connects Them All
Q: Are you comfortable with saying, I'm a physicist and I saw a ghost?
The guest responds by saying he cannot claim to have seen a ghost because he doesn't know what a ghost is, emphasizing caution and scientific restraint.

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