Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events | Lex Fridman Podcast #403

I may be late to the game - just discovered your podcast - thank you! I love the Lisa Randall quote, "I probably don't believe in God. I think it's a problem that people are considered immoral if they're not religious. That's just not true. This might earn me some enemies, but in some ways they may be even more moral. If you do something for a religious reason, you do it because you'll be rewarded in an afterlife or in this world. That's not quite as good as something you do for purely generous reasons."

I have to say, I was utterly blown away by this one Lex. I only wish we got another hour or two out of this discussion with Lisa, she is utterly fascinating and speaks so easily yet incredibly succinctly.

She is a proper scientist. Humble, measured in her responses, full of caveats, and has respect for others who don’t think in the same way as her

Here are the timestamps. Please check out our sponsors to support this podcast. Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/lisa-randall-transcript 0:00 - Introduction & sponsor mentions: - Babbel: https://babbel.com/lexpod and use code Lexpod to get 55% off - Notion: https://notion.com - SimpliSafe: https://simplisafe.com/lex to get free security camera plus 20% off - LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get free sample pack - InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off 0:24 - Dark matter 19:16 - Extinction events 30:16 - Particle physics 45:30 - Physics vs mathematics

Lex can we please get a couple more hours with her. This is not enough.

Who knew Jodie Foster took her role in the movie Contact seriously in real life.

One of my favorite episodes to date! Lisa, speaks so brilliantly elegantly.

I don't get it, a Lex podcast under an hour in duration...was this just the trailer for the soon-to-be released actual podcast with Lisa Randall?! I didn't even have time to get my popcorn ready before this one was over...

Hey Lex, I'm glad you decided not to use a "teaser" intro clip of the conversation, I dislike starting a video and having direction of conversation and concepts spoiled, plus kinda a time waster since I now have to listen through that segment twice, once out of context. Thanks for all you do, love ya Lex :)

I greatly appreciate any scientist who can say, "We have no idea" to a question. This is where humility gives room for discovering new things.