Episode Details

Can the universe be understood only through the models we build to explain it? In this condensed episode of Into The Impossible, Brian Keating and guest Andrew Jaffe explore cosmological inference, the idea that observations are theory-laden, and why the universe may seem random only because of what we cannot know. This summary distills the full conversation from roughly 60+ minutes down to a quick listen, highlighting key ideas from physics, cosmology, and science and philosophy. You’ll learn how Jaffe thinks about the scientific method, induction and deduction, the Hubble tension, JWST results, inflation, falsifiability, and the surprising power—and limits—of mathematics and machine learning in modern physics. Listen now to get the key ideas in minutes.