{"id":6263,"date":"2011-02-25T14:42:37","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T22:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/?p=6263"},"modified":"2011-02-25T14:42:37","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T22:42:37","slug":"tedxcaltech-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/25\/tedxcaltech-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"TEDxCaltech Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Talks from the <a href=\"http:\/\/tedxcaltech.com\/\">TEDxCaltech<\/a> event are gradually coming online.  You&#8217;ll definitely want to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottaaronson.com\/blog\/?p=543\">Scott Aaronson&#8217;s<\/a> contribution, which was a clear highlight.  (The biggest highlight was the closing jam session featuring keyboard wizard <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lyle_Mays\">Lyle Mays<\/a> and Tuvan throat-singer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ondar.com\/\">Ondar<\/a>.  You heard right.)<\/p>\n<p>Bloggy narcissism demands that I feature <a href=\"http:\/\/tedxcaltech.com\/speakers\/sean-carroll\">my own talk<\/a>.  It was about the arrow of time, with some <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/2008\/12\/29\/richard-feynman-on-boltzmann-brains\/\">Feynman<\/a> thrown in.  As usual, the clip is frozen at at point that shows me to best advantage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Cosmology and the arrow of time: Sean Carroll at TEDxCaltech\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_WMaTyg8wR4Y\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/WMaTyg8wR4Y\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WMaTyg8wR4Y\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT16M6S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2011-02-25T20:57:17Z\" \/><\/div><meta itemprop=\"accessibilityFeature\" content=\"captions\" \/><div id=\"lyte_WMaTyg8wR4Y\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/WMaTyg8wR4Y\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Cosmology and the arrow of time: Sean Carroll at TEDxCaltech<\/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\/WMaTyg8wR4Y\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/WMaTyg8wR4Y\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Cosmology and the arrow of time: Sean Carroll at TEDxCaltech\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist at Caltech. \u00a0He received his Ph.D. in 1993 from Harvard University, and has previously worked at MIT, the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of Chicago.\u00a0 His research ranges over a number of topics in theoretical physics, focusing on cosmology, particle physics, and general relativity, with special emphasis on dark matter, dark energy, and the origin of the universe. He is the author of &quot;From Eternity to Here,&quot; a popular book on cosmology and the arrow of time, and of &quot;Spacetime and Geometry,&quot; a textbook on general relativity; has produced a set of introductory lectures for The Teaching Company entitled &quot;Dark Matter and Dark Energy: The Dark Side of the Universe;&quot; and is a co-founder of the popular science blog Cosmic Variance, http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/. About TEDx, x = independently organized event: In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.) On January 14, 2011, Caltech hosted TEDxCaltech, an exciting one-day event to honor Richard Feynman, Nobel Laureate, Caltech physics professor, iconoclast, visionary, and all-around &quot;curious character.&quot; Visit TEDxCaltech.com for more details.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>But just to show it&#8217;s not all about me, you should also see this talk by awesome undergrad <a href=\"http:\/\/tedxcaltech.com\/speakers\/jordan-theriot\">Jordan Theriot<\/a>.  I would have been a puddle of nervous jelly in this venue at that age.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"TEDxCaltech - Jordan Theriot - The Pleasure of Finding Things Out\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_abXzg3QPp_Y\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/abXzg3QPp_Y\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/abXzg3QPp_Y\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT5M39S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2011-02-18T02:02:46Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_abXzg3QPp_Y\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/abXzg3QPp_Y\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">TEDxCaltech - Jordan Theriot - The Pleasure of Finding Things Out<\/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\/abXzg3QPp_Y\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/abXzg3QPp_Y\/0.jpg\" alt=\"TEDxCaltech - Jordan Theriot - The Pleasure of Finding Things Out\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Jordan Theriot is a third-year undergraduate majoring in chemistry at Caltech. Jordan is working in the lab of Professor Robert Grubbs designing and synthesizing new metathesis catalysts, which are important for the formation of new carbon-carbon bonds. Shortly after Hurricane Katrina, she left her native New Orleans to attend the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts. Since then, she has gone to some unusual measures to immerse herself in the academic world, not the least of which is attending Caltech. Her interests include French literature and making the most of the educational experience. About TEDx, x = independently organized event: In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.) On January 14, 2011, Caltech hosted TEDxCaltech, an exciting one-day event to honor Richard Feynman, Nobel Laureate, Caltech physics professor, iconoclast, visionary, and all-around &quot;curious character.&quot; Visit TEDxCaltech.com for more details.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talks from the TEDxCaltech event are gradually coming online. You&#8217;ll definitely want to check out Scott Aaronson&#8217;s contribution, which was a clear highlight. (The biggest highlight was the closing jam session featuring keyboard wizard Lyle Mays and Tuvan throat-singer Ondar. You heard right.) Bloggy narcissism demands that I feature my own talk. It was about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}