TRAILER - Pondering the Imponderables

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Channel: World Science Festival · 2018 · Science & Technology

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Is our universe unique or one of many? What happened before the Big Bang? Why is there something rather than nothing? Is infinitely real? Some argue that if these deep questions can’t be answered empirically, they’re not relevant to science. Are they right? Watch the full program Pondering the Imponderables here: https://youtu.be/daEH2qkChFI

Physicist and Philosopher David Albert joined us live to ponder the imponderables and take your questions live from the WSF studio in NYC:  https://youtu.be/SWEpp_3qbGg

PARTICIPANTS: David Z. Albert, George F. R. Ellis, Alan Guth, Veronika Hubeny, Andrei Linde, Barry Loewer
MODERATOR: Jim Holt

MORE INFO ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND PARTICIPANTS: https://www.worldsciencefestival.com/...

This program is part of the Big Ideas Series, made possible with support from the John Templeton Foundation.

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