{"id":1231,"date":"2023-04-25T07:05:26","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T05:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triality.nl\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2023-04-14T10:20:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T08:20:00","slug":"sean-carroll-the-passage-of-time-the-meaning-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triality.nl\/index.php\/2023\/04\/25\/sean-carroll-the-passage-of-time-the-meaning-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Carroll | The Passage of Time &#038; the Meaning of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sean Carroll  |  The Passage of Time &amp; the Meaning of Life\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7BH6XCRZad8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What is time? What is humankind\u2019s role in the universe? What is the meaning of life? For much of human history, these questions have been the province of religion and philosophy. What answers can science provide?<\/p>\n<p>In this talk, Sean Carroll will share what physicists know, and don\u2019t yet know, about the nature of time. He\u2019ll argue that while the universe might not have purpose, we can create meaning and purpose through how we approach reality, and how we live our lives.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Carroll is a Research Professor of theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology, and an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. His research has focused on fundamental physics and cosmology, especially issues of dark matter, dark energy, spacetime symmetries, and the origin of the universe.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Carroll has worked on the foundations of quantum mechanics, the emergence of spacetime, and the evolution of entropy and complexity. Carroll is the author of &#8220;Something Deeply Hidden&#8221;, &#8220;The Big Picture&#8221;, &#8220;The Particle at the End of the Universe&#8221; amongst other books and hosts the &#8220;Mindscapes&#8221; podcast.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?asin=B09NXV9W12&amp;preview=inline&amp;linkCode=kpe&amp;ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_NN31TYKGZSGTYEK53SAE\" width=\"336\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is time? What is humankind\u2019s role in the universe? What is the meaning of life? For much of human history, these questions have been the province of religion and philosophy. What answers can science provide? In this talk, Sean Carroll will share what physicists know, and don\u2019t yet know, about the nature of time. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/triality.nl\/index.php\/2023\/04\/25\/sean-carroll-the-passage-of-time-the-meaning-of-life\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sean Carroll | The Passage of Time &#038; the Meaning of Life&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,18,87,80,95],"tags":[65,24,85,78,81,109],"class_list":["post-1231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-astronomy","category-books","category-lectures","category-quantum-physics","category-talks","tag-unreality","tag-consciousness","tag-cosmology","tag-lectures","tag-quantum-physics","tag-talks","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1233,"url":"https:\/\/triality.nl\/index.php\/2023\/04\/26\/the-2022-oppenheimer-lecture-the-quantum-origins-of-gravity\/","url_meta":{"origin":1231,"position":0},"title":"THE 2022 OPPENHEIMER LECTURE: THE QUANTUM ORIGINS OF GRAVITY","author":"admin","date":"April 26, 2023","format":"video","excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-OkwGDKoY0o?t=597 It was once thought that gravity and quantum mechanics were inconsistent with one another. 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