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Peter Woit is a theoretical physicist, mathematician, critic of string theory, and author of the popular science blog Not Even Wrong. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (07:22) - Physics vs mathematics
  (21:51) - Beauty of mathematics
  (43:42) - String theory
  (1:12:15) - Theory of everything
  (1:32:23) - Twistor theory and spinors
  (1:48:50) - Nobel Prize likelihood for theory of everything
  (1:52:36) - Simulating physics
  (1:56:07) - Sci-Fi, aliens and space
  (2:05:19) - Responsibility of scientists

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