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Andrew Strominger is a theoretical physicist at Harvard. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  Soft Hair on Black Holes: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.00921
  Photon Rings Around Warped Black Holes: https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.01674
  
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  OUTLINE:
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  (00:00) - Introduction
  (06:34) - Black holes
  (11:37) - Albert Einstein
  (31:05) - Quantum gravity
  (35:17) - String theory
  (46:05) - Holographic principle
  (54:02) - De Sitter space
  (59:14) - Speed of light
  (1:06:02) - Black hole information paradox
  (1:13:41) - Soft particles
  (1:22:48) - Physics vs mathematics
  (1:31:58) - Theory of everything
  (1:47:20) - Time
  (1:49:45) - Photon rings
  (2:05:26) - Thought experiments
  (2:13:47) - Aliens
  (2:19:25) - Nuclear weapons

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