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The Physics and Philosophy of Time - with Carlo Rovelli
Physicist Carlo Rovelli gives a public lecture at the Royal Institution on how our understanding of time has changed, from Boltzmann and Einstein to quantum theory and loop quantum gravity. He blends physics, philosophy and art to argue that time is stranger than everyday intuition suggests.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters point to it as a lucid, general-audience lecture that shows how wrong common conceptions of time are, often in threads on entropy and the arrow of time.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- The Royal Institution
- Topic
- physics of time
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 5
- HN mentions in dataset
- 9
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Our conception of time is just totally wrong, or at least this is true for 99.9 % of all humans and that is certainly an underestimate. Something like THE time does not exist, we are just all living together in a small bubble in the …
danbruc on Hacker News · 2019-09
In Exotic Physics Phenomenon Involving Time Reversal Observed for First TimeRovelli is an astounding communicator. Here's a wonderful lecture he did for the Royal Institute on the nature of Time: [VIDEO] His communication style is a model of lucidity and kindness that more specialists should emulate when talking or writing to general audiences.
crispyambulance on Hacker News · 2022-05
In Searching for What Connects Us, Carlo Rovelli Explores Beyond PhysicsRoyal Institute presentation that I really enjoyed. Has some visual aspects, but can be mostly listened to while driving: The Physics and Philosophy of Time - with Carlo Rovelli > From Boltzmann to quantum theory, from Einstein to loop quantum gravity, our understanding of time …
ballenf on Hacker News · 2018-06
In Carlo Rovelli on the ‘greatest remaining mystery’: The nature of time
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