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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 ever asked What’s out there? or What’s next?, this is where curiosity meets clarity.
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Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

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Does free will exist? It's a question that's haunted philosophers for centuries. But physicist Sabine Hossenfelder has a provocative answer that might just disturb you. She says free will doesn't
 exist.

Everything is determined by the laws of physics. But here's the paradox that's fascinated me. I've talked to Sam Harris, Dan Dennett, Robert Sapolsky, all brilliant minds who agree that free will is an illusion. Yet, when I asked them if they've ever encountered someone who acts like they don't have free will, they all said no. So how can this be?

How can we all be determined by physics, yet live as if we're making genuine choices? This isn't some abstract philosophical exercise, no. Sabine's insight has real implications for artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and the future of consciousness itself.

She explains why AI may already have the same kind of agency that we do, and why quantum computers could reveal that we fundamentally misunderstand the nature of reality.

Key Takeaways:

00:26–04:39 – Determinism over “free will,” reframes self as information processor.
07:21–09:19 – Defines agency as internal deliberation vs. external input; AI has low agency.
10:48–14:50 – AI can learn without bodies; emotions could emerge via reward functions.
15:18–17:16 – UFO claims are mostly flaky but worth some serious consideration.
18:16–22:52 – “Quiz with It” uses AI for quizzes; AI may replace poor lecturers.
24:37–30:37 – Warns of LLM “lock-in”; expects new AI paradigms.
31:15–32:42 – Quantum computing promising for finance optimization; uncertain impact.
34:15–36:37 – Likes debates; thinks “theories of everything” overemphasized.
39:09–42:14 – Would fund quantum gravity & measurement problem experiments.
43:21–50:31 – Supports fuzzy dark matter search; inflation underdetermined; MOND captures some truth.
51:16–57:26 – Skeptical of DESI’s dark energy claim; cosmology data messy, model-dependent.
58:40–01:00:14 – Academic decline due to systemic incentives.
01:00:50–01:02:36 – Quantum tech advances reviving foundational physics interest.
01:09:30–01:12:23 – AI-generated junk (“AI slop”) threatens science publishing.

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Do We Have Free Will and Will AI Have It Too? (ft. Sabine Hossenfelder)

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Why aren't whales building rockets? They have bigger brains than we do after all. In this episode with Stephen Wolfram, we talk about why more brainpower doesn't always mean more understanding, and how neural architecture faces physical constraints.

Stephen Wolfram says even super intelligent AIs may hit hard computational limits. In our conversation today, we explore why intelligence has a ceiling, and how ideas like Wolfram's Ruliad, computational irreducibility and brain size scaling reveal the boundaries of thought itself.

Wolfram created Mathematica, Wolfram Alpha, it's probably in your pocket right now, in your cell phone, and he's now building a radical new theory of everything grounded in computational reality. 

If he's right, smarter doesn't always mean deeper. It might just mean we get stuck.

Key Takeaways: 

00:00 – 01:34 Are we discovering or simulating the universe?
01:34 – 06:50 Ruliad defines reality
06:50 – 10:02 Brains compress data into decisions, experience.
10:02 – 17:00 Math models nature, not necessarily its foundation.
17:00 – 25:07 AI may trap us like algebra did.
25:07 – 29:42 LLMs mimic minds, but lack depth.
29:42 – 35:57 Shared minds define reality; Boltzmann brains questioned.
35:57 – 42:28 Free will arises from irreducibility.
42:28 – 47:04 AIs may inherit computational free will.
47:04 – 52:45 Exploring Ruliad = expanding intellectual paradigms.
52:45 – 59:06 Massless particles = timeless, universal concepts?
59:06 – 01:07:32 Immortality blocked by biological irreducibility.
01:07:32 – End Biggest question: extend life or decode reality?

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Additional resources: 

The Second Law: Resolving the Mystery of the Second Law of Thermodynamics: https://www.amazon.com/Second-Law-Resolving-Mystery-Thermodynamics/dp/1579550835

https://www.wolframalpha.com/

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Sir Roger Penrose: https://youtu.be/AMuqyAvX7Wo

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Are Humans Smart Enough to Understand the Universe? (ft. Stephen Wolfram)

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In this captivating conversation, we dive deep into the cosmos with renowned cosmologist, podcaster, and UC San Diego professor Dr. Brian Keating. Joined by Mike Misha and Xinghui, Brian takes us on a journey from the childhood wonder inspired by the Moon to the high-altitude peaks of Chile and the frigid expanse of the South Pole, where he's helped pioneer the development of cutting-edge telescopes aimed at unlocking the secrets of the universe.

This episode is from the 632nm Podcast

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 Takeaways:

00:00 Moon Fascination and Antarctic Astronomy

09:38 "Proof of Earth's Orbit via Parallax"

14:36 Uncharted Light Polarization Exploration

19:45 Challenges in Measuring Polarization

23:41 "Transistor Tech for Microwave Signals"

26:52 Optimal Telescope Size for Science

31:13 Collaborative Scientific Learning Journey

37:20 "Steady State vs. Big Bang"

46:43 Universe's Earliest Light Revealed

51:25 Rapid Advances in Observational Technology

58:01 Motel Suicide and Leadership Shift

58:50 Near-Miss: Nobel Prize Revelation

01:04:13 Missed Signals, Planck Pressure

01:13:54 Detecting Cosmic Phenomena with Telescopes

01:18:42 Balanced Research in Cosmology

01:23:27 Space Telescope Vision Expansion

01:26:51 AI's Limits in Predicting Relativity

01:31:28 Reevaluating the Nobel Prize Criteria

01:38:20 Musk's Mars Vision: Science Disruption

01:41:46 Balancing Science and Personal Life

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z3THHIQorc&list=PL87anKnyrxSINa7feABRBcXA_fIQzqPH0

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-we-build-telescopes-to-explore-the-early-cosmos/id1751170269?i=1000719643327

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/60hbFQNpmBJvDsdHM5WgDW?si=e91b6fbc60a5411d

Twitter: https://x.com/632nmPodcast/status/1950231216143126552

Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/632nmpodcast/p/listening-to-the-echoes-of-the-big?r=409hsq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Sir Roger Penrose: https://youtu.be/AMuqyAvX7Wo

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Exploring the Edge of the Universe: Brian Keating on Telescopes, CMB, and Scientific Discovery

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In a sweeping conversation sparked by his new book The War on Science, Lawrence Krauss charts how well-intentioned campus DEI bureaucracies, politicized funding mandates, and “language-as-violence” taboos are eroding the core scientific virtues of open inquiry and empirical scepticism, while drawing historical parallels from Lysenkoism to today’s hiring rubrics and challenging listeners to defend freedom of thought with the same passion they reserve for social justice. He then pivots from diagnosis to remedy, outlining a five-point rescue plan—slashing ideological litmus tests, restoring merit-based evaluation, insulating grant agencies from mission creep, teaching students to steel-man opposing views, and benchmarking success against China’s unencumbered research surge—arguing that only by re-centering evidence over ideology can science remain humanity’s most reliable truth-seeking enterprise.

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Key Takeaways: 

 00:00 Intro 

 01:04 The most dangerous idea threatening science today

 02:35 The role of universities and academic freedom 

 10:26 Tenure and indirect costs in academia 

 14:58 Sanctions against free speech 

 17:39 The problem with tuition 

 18:42 Decolonializing STEM 

 23:57 What Trump is doing to address these issues 

 28:03 Free market education?

 36:46 Judging a book by its cover

 38:44 The distortion of science during COVID 

 44:12 Inequality in science 

 48:43 If Lawrence were president of the US 

 52:33 Audience questions 

 55:28 Outro 

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Additional resources: 

📚 The War On Science by Lawrence Krauss: https://a.co/d/6ntEbll 

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Is There A WAR On Science? Lawrence Krauss

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Is the universe fine-tuned for life, or is it just a lucky accident? Could the multiverse explain why our universe is so perfectly suited for life? And how much can the fundamental constants change before life becomes impossible? 

Today, I’m joined by Fred Adams, a theoretical physicist from the University of Michigan. Fred works in the general area of theoretical astrophysics with a focus on the study of star formation and cosmology. He is internationally recognized for his work on the radiative signature of the star formation process, the dynamics of circumstellar disks, and the theory of the initial mass function for forming stars. Fred is the author of The Five Ages of the Universe and Origins of Existence, and has dedicated much of his career to understanding the structure and fate of the cosmos. 

In this episode, we break down the concepts of fine-tuning, the anthropic principle, and the multiverse. Could the universe's perfect conditions for life point to a deeper, purposeful design, or is it just a product of chance? What if there are other universes out there with completely different rules, maybe even with their own forms of life? 

Trust me, this episode is going to make you rethink everything you thought you knew about existence, so don’t miss out!

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Key Takeaways: 

 
00:00 Intro 

 
01:29 Judging a book by its cover

 
02:12 DESI results and the equation of state

 
06:39 The cosmological constant and its role in our universe 

 
12:31 Fine-tuning as a tool 

 
32:37 The Hoyle resonance and carbon production 

 
39:28 Probability distribution and fundamental theory 

 
45:11 Intelligent design and anthropic arguments

 
52:30 The multiverse and its implications 

 
58:14 Outro 

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Learn more about Adam:

💻 Website: ⁠https://freelanceastrophysicist.com/⁠ 

📚 More Everything Forever: ⁠https://a.co/d/ajlYHvZ⁠ 

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Our Universe Almost Didn’t Exist (ft. Fred Adams)

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What if the future tech billionaires keep promising us isn’t the answer, but part of the problem?

In this episode of Into the Impossible, I talk with Adam Becker, author of More Everything Forever, about the big dreams coming out of Silicon Valley—especially when it comes to AI and the future of humanity.

We take a hard look at the idea that AI is going to fix everything, launch us into space, and solve all our problems along the way. It’s a powerful story, and a lot of very smart, very rich people believe it. But what if they’re getting the science—and the big picture—wrong? Becker argues that people like Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen are chasing a future that ignores some pretty basic realities: limits on energy, physics, and even society itself.

Instead of creating a better world, their vision might actually make things worse, deepening inequality, spreading bias, and putting even more power into the hands of a few.

If you’re excited about AI, curious about space, or just wondering where all this is heading, this is a conversation you’ll want to hear.

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Key Takeaways: 

00:00 Intro

00:44 AI boom or AI doom? 

03:40 What are tech billionaires wrong about?

06:10 Influence of science fiction on tech billionaires 

11:05 Religious parallels in AI and space exploration 

15:37 The search for extraterrestrial intelligence 

24:16 Effective altruism and long-termism 

35:28 Optimism and skepticism about AI 

44:46 Judging a book by its cover

47:53 Impact of AI on underrepresented communities 

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📚 More Everything Forever: https://a.co/d/ajlYHvZ 

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We MUST Save Earth Because We Can’t Live on Mars (ft. Adam Becker)

In this episode, I sit down with Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb to explore his provocative new article analyzing the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS — a visitor from beyond our solar system that might not be natural. 🛰️

We dive into his recent article on Medium https://avi-loeb.medium.com/is-the-interstellar-object-3i-atlas-alien-technology-b59ccc17b2e3 and get into:

 • The strange anomalies in 3I/ATLAS’s orbit, size, and speed 🌌

 • How the Dark Forest Hypothesis could change the search for intelligent life 🕵️‍♂️

 • Why even unlikely cosmic risks deserve serious scientific attention 🧠

 • What Pascal’s Wager teaches us about ignoring possible extraterrestrial probes 🪐

💥 Plus, Avi answers 5 gripping questions designed to maximize your curiosity — from the first signs of alien tech to the biggest risks humanity faces if we stay silent.

🎧 Don’t miss this mind-expanding conversation with one of the boldest thinkers in astrophysics.

1️⃣ “Is This Alien Tech Hiding in Plain Sight?”

2️⃣ “The Dark Forest Theory Just Got Real”

3️⃣ “Avi Loeb: The Alien Probe We Can’t Ignore”

4️⃣ “3I/ATLAS: Interstellar Visitor… or Something Else?”

5️⃣ “What If They’re Watching Us? (The 3I/ATLAS Mystery)”

For those of you who don't know him, Avi is a professor of science at Harvard University, theoretical physicist, astrophysicist, and cosmologist. He is also a bestselling author and a dear friend of mine. 

By the time you see this, Avi will have published his new book, Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars. In it, he explains why we need to become an interstellar species to ensure our survival and lays out a plan for how we can settle among the stars.

As usual, we take some time to judge a book by its cover and discuss what went into the making of this book. We also dig into the recent Galileo Project expedition to the Pacific Ocean to retrieve spherules of the first recognized interstellar meteor, IM1, which was led by Avi, and discuss whether they found evidence of alien life. 

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Asteroids that are Interstellar (00:44)

On extraordinary evidence (08:13)

Does Avi have proof of alien technology (13:55)

On David Grusch and government obligations (78:01)

More on Interstellar and what it means to become an interstellar species (1:16:56)

Rapid fire audience questions (1:19:20)

Outro (1:50:57)

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Sir Roger Penrose: https://youtu.be/AMuqyAvX7Wo

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Another Alien Asteroid | Avi Loeb

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What drives someone to keep exploring the universe after a lifelong career in cosmology and 500 podcast episodes? 

In this milestone episode, I finally take the mic solo to answer that and other questions—from the origin of the podcast during the pandemic to why I'm still obsessed with cosmology, teaching, and yes, even faculty meetings (sometimes). I open up about the childlike curiosity that fuels my work and share some spicy takes on academia, dark energy, and controversial theories shaking up our entire industry. 

Join me for a personal, unfiltered exploration of why, after all these episodes, I’m still as fascinated as ever by the vast cosmos—and the sometimes messy world of academia that surrounds it.

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Key Takeaways: 

00:00:00 The origin of Into The Impossible 

00:01:49 What drives me to do what I do? 

00:05:22 The search for a TOE

00:08:11 The limits of human understanding 

00:10:09 Become a channel member 

00:12:52 Early galactic formation and JWST

00:18:29 Eric Weinstein’s theory 

00:28:02 A new cosmological model? 

00:31:06 String theory and black holes

00:36:54 Entanglement and geometric unity 

00:49:06 My thoughts on JWST so far

00:55:37 Impact of Trump’s cuts and the role of universities 

01:03:07 My thoughts on Chile 

01:05:38 The most important piece of information 

01:07:34 Why Eric Weinstein? 

01:10:57 Answering criticism 

01:12:51 Outro 

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Celebrating 500 Episodes!

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In this episode, we’re diving into the untold story of one of science’s greatest icons: Galileo Galilei. You might know him as the father of modern astronomy—the man with the telescope who challenged the universe. But forget the dusty textbook legend. This episode peels back the curtain to reveal Galileo as a cunning innovator, unapologetic monopolist, and the original scientific entrepreneur.

Settle in for a journey through ambition, ingenuity, and the eternal tension between genius and fallibility. This is Galileo as you’ve never seen him before!

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Key Takeaways:

00:00 Galileo: Science, Success, and Bias

05:23 Galileo's Race Against Time

07:49 Kepler's Unfulfilled Telescope Wish

11:06 Galileo: Scientist and Businessman

16:13 "Balancing Passion and Scientific Objectivity"

19:19 Technological Lock-In and Tunnel Vision

23:10 Incentives and Scientific Discoveries

24:13 "Galileo: Discovery and Intellectual Humility"

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Resources:

Mario Biagioli's Books:

📚 Galileo, Courtier: The Practice of Science in the Culture of Absolutism - https://books.google.com.ph/books/about/Galileo_Courtier.html?id=P-KJeS6ocsoC&redir_esc=y 

📚 Galileo's Instruments of Credit - https://books.apple.com/us/book/galileos-instruments-of-credit/id6503622255

Brian Keating's Book:

📚 Losing the Nobel Prize - http://amzn.to/2sa5UpA 

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The Scientists is a documentary-style podcast series hosted by astrophysicist Brian Keating. Each episode explores the untold stories behind history’s greatest minds—from Nobel laureates to visionary misfits—revealing the personal struggles, intellectual triumphs, and paradigm-shifting ideas that changed the world. Each week, I dive into the life and legacy of a legendary scientist—experimentalists, theorists, and observers alike—and uncover insights you can apply to your own work and worldview. Science didn’t appear fully formed; it was built by real people solving real problems under pressure. Their ideas still shape our future. We’ll examine not just what they discovered, but who they were—from their obsessions and honors to their most spectacular ideas, brilliant blunders, and beautifully human flaws.

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The Scientists Ep. 7: Galileo Founded The First Tech Unicorn

What if the Big Bang wasn’t the beginning? What if our universe is just one in a vast cosmic ocean of universes, and we have the evidence to prove it?

In this episode of Into the Impossible, I’m joined by theoretical physicist Laura Mersini-Houghton to explore one of the most provocative ideas in modern cosmology: the multiverse is not only real—it’s testable. Mersini, author of Before the Big Bang, walks us through her bold predictions about the structure of the cosmos, including the mysterious cold spot in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) that she foresaw years before it was confirmed by the Planck satellite.

Together, we dissect her groundbreaking theory that our universe began as one branch of a quantum wave function stretching across a multiverse landscape. We talk quantum decoherence, cosmic scars, and how entanglement with other universes could leave measurable fingerprints in our sky. We also debate criticisms from fellow physicists and dive into what these revelations mean for the future of dark energy and cosmological theory.

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Key Takeaways: 

 
00:00 What happened before the Big Bang?

 
01:56 The CMB cold spot prediction

 
05:16 Quantum entanglement and decoherence

 
11:31 Criticism and evidence for the multiverse

 
17:06 The wave function of the universe

 
20:48 The string landscape and constants of nature

 
23:54 The cold spot and the hemispherical anomaly

 
37:20 Thoughts on the recent DESI suggestions

 
40:46 Judging a book by its cover

 
47:31 The multiverse and religion

 
57:29 Outro

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Did She Just Prove the Multiverse Is Real? (Ft Laura Mersini-Houghton) [Ep. 501]

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What really happened during the controversy over the discovery of Haumea? Why was Pluto actually demoted? And is there a hidden Planet Nine lurking in the outer solar system?

I’m joined today by none other than the Pluto Killer himself, Mike Brown. Mike is an astronomer and professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). His groundbreaking discoveries of dwarf planets like Eris, Haumea, and Makemake shook up the astronomy world and led to the controversial redefinition of what constitutes a planet.

In this gripping episode of Into the Impossible, Mike opens up about the ethical challenges he faced in his career, including the Haumea data theft that caused a massive controversy, the truth behind the demotion of Pluto, and the ongoing search for Planet Nine.

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Key Takeaways: 

00:00 Intro 

01:26 How Mike killed Pluto 

03:50 Defining planets

08:48 Being an astronomer 

13:31 Controversy over the discovery of Haumea

29:56 The search for Planet Nine 

39:14 Balancing high and low-risk research 

43:43 Did Neil deGrasse Tyson kill Pluto? 

44:34 Planet Nine’s effects on the solar system’s evolution 

46:47 The relevance of exoplanets 

52:52 Outro 

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The Fascinating Hunt for a Mysterious Ninth Planet [Ep. 488]

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