{"id":13609,"date":"2020-09-01T08:14:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T15:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/?p=13609"},"modified":"2020-09-01T08:14:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T15:14:52","slug":"the-biggest-ideas-in-the-universe-24-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/01\/the-biggest-ideas-in-the-universe-24-science\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 24. Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the triumphant final video in the Biggest Ideas series, we look at a big idea indeed: Science. What is science, and why is it so great? And I also take the opportunity to dip a toe into the current state of fundamental physics &#8212; are predictions that unobservable universes exist really science? What if we never discover another particle? Is it worth building giant expensive experiments? Tune in to find out.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 24. Science\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_ZqphkIO7yt4\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ZqphkIO7yt4\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZqphkIO7yt4\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2H10M42S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-09-01T15:02:29Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_ZqphkIO7yt4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ZqphkIO7yt4\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 24. Science<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZqphkIO7yt4\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ZqphkIO7yt4\/0.jpg\" alt=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 24. Science\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe is a series of videos where I talk informally about some of the fundamental concepts that help us understand our natural world. Exceedingly casual, not overly polished, and meant for absolutely everybody. This is Idea #24, &quot; Science.&quot; We bask a bit in how amazingly successful science is, wrestle with the difficult problem of *what* science exactly is, and close with some reflections on the present state and future prospects for fundamental physics. This is the final video in the series. Thanks to everyone who has enjoyed! My web page: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/ My YouTube channel: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/seancarroll Mindscape podcast: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/podcast The Biggest Ideas playlist: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLrxfgDEc2NxZJcWcrxH3jyjUUrJlnoyzX Blog posts for the series: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/category\/biggest-ideas-in-the-universe\/ Background image: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Wiki_Science_Competition_2017_in_the_United_States\/Results#\/media\/File:The_Galaxy_Within.jpg #science #physics #ideas #universe #learning #cosmology #philosophy\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to everyone who has watched along the way. 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