Max Tegmark - How Far Does the Cosmos Go?

Max is always such a fascinating guest! easily one of my favorites 👏

The truth is, we actually don’t know, we think, may believe but ultimately we don’t know. Ask anyone about the beginning of all, the truth of it is, we actually have no idea.

I swear, every person i look up to intellectually, robert has interviewed them. And if he hasnt, its because they have been dead before closer to truth was created. Robert's quest to understand fundamental reality by interviewing the greatest minds around the world is admirable, and even if he doesnt succeed, he has helped spread new ideas and a deep, exciting sense of curiosity to the general public. If einstien or Newton were alive today, they would be interviewed on here, which would be interesting, because their personalities are not really documented because high quality video didnt exist back then, so they are mostly mystified.

I emailed him Max Tegmark... He was so gracious he replied back to me!!! He is so nice and bright!!

12:04 well, it comes down to whether the current state of the human mind is capable of understanding the true nature of reality without the means of experiencing it first 🤔

Great descriptions of the different possible levels. However, every time I hear people describe the many worlds theory or things like it, I wonder, ok that may be true, but how do we find ourselves in one reality or the other?? No one ever addresses it. It opens questions about what is "I". What is consciousness, personal identity, the soul, etc.

How far? Really far, man.

It has always struck me as pointless for such parts of the universe to exist that we can never reach - why is it there if only to tease us and pull faces at us from hundreds, thousands, millions of light-years away? And why is the speed of light so slow? Why should it be almost impossible for us to reach even the closest stars when limited to this crawling cosmological speed limit?

I really like Max because he has a way of explaining very complex subjects in a way that everyone else can understand. You can see in the way he pauses before each answer that he makes a genuine attempt to explain things in a relatable manner rather than just regurgitating a bunch of complex physics equations and highly technically stuff that would just confuse viewers more than inform them. Sure, he's got all that technical knowledge upstairs, but he makes the explanations understandable for those of us who don't possess advanced astrophysics degrees 😂

When Man has discovered all the secrets of space and all the mysteries of time, still he will be beginning.