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Why do physicists fight philosophers?

A couple of months ago, I was invited to Robinson Erhardt’s podcast to discuss the expansion and inflation of the universe, the relationship between theory and experiment in cosmology, gravitational waves, my brainchild, the BICEP experiment, and a lot more. Enjoy!

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in between: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsxwneBx6apV1mQ7CbWKfXQ 

Key Takeaways:

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:01:15 Brian the Builder
• 00:07:15 The Theory of Cosmological Expansion?
• 00:23:48 The Origins of Inflation
• 00:31:47 On Theory and Experiment in Astrophysics
• 00:41:55 On Gravitational Waves and Inflation
• 00:58:27 BICEP Tech Specs
• 01:12:01 What Did BICEP Find?
• 01:26:46 The Simons Array
• 01:30:37 On Eric Weinstein’s Theory of Everything
• 01:36:44 Outro

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