Leonard Susskind on Richard Feynman, the Holographic Principle, and Unanswered Questions in Physics

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Leonard Susskind is a professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University and he’s regarded as one of the fathers of string theory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Susskind He’s written several books including: - The Black Hole War https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316016411 - The Cosmic Landscape https://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-Landscape-String-Illusion-Intelligent/dp/0316013331 - The Theoretical Minimum series https://www.amazon.com/Theoretical-Minimum-Start-Doing-Physics/dp/0465075681/ He also has over 100 lectures on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQrxduI9Pds1fm91Dmn8x1lo-O_kpZGk8 The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon https://twitter.com/craigcannon *** Topics 0:00 - Being perceived as an outsider physicist 4:00 - The perils of becoming too mainstream 5:45 - Where his ideas come from 7:00 - Claudio asks - Do you think the graviton can be experimentally found? 9:45 - The origins of String Theory 15:15 - Why should there be a grand unified theory? 16:30 - Quantum mechanics and gravity 19:50 - Large unanswered questions in physics 27:30 - Holographic principle 38:00 - Simulation hypothesis 40:15 - Richard Feynman on philosophy 42:00 - Feynman and the bomb 46:00 - Improving the world by discovering what the world is 49:00 - ER and EPR - Black holes and entanglement 56:00 - Noah Hammer asks - Could quantum teleportation be used in the future as a means of intergalactic communication? 58:00 - rokkodigi asks - How do you think quantum theory will shape technology in the future? 1:01:30 - Why teach physics for the public?