Finding meaning at the quantum level

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Kmele steps inside Fermilab, America’s premiere particle accelerator facility, to find out how the smallest particles in the universe can teach us about its biggest mysteries. This video is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @TempletonFoundation. Subscribe to The Well on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/thewell-youtube Watch the full podcast now ► https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_B7bI1QVmJBz9-5hI4sihQbxgcShW77l&si=yX6F_3lbdjrHA5do According to Fermilab's Bonnie Flemming, the pursuit of scientific understanding is “daunting in an inspiring way.” What makes it daunting? The seemingly infinite number of questions, with their potentially inaccessible answers. In this episode of Dispatches from The Well, host Kmele Foster tours the grounds of America’s legendary particle accelerator to discover how exploring the mysteries at the heart of particle physics help us better understand some of the most profound mysteries of our universe. Read the video transcript ► https://bigthink.com/the-well/dispatches-podcast-episode-2/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=youtube_description 00:00:00 - The Miracle of Birth 00:04:48 - Exploring the Universe's Mysteries 00:09:20 - Building Blocks of Matter and the Standard Model 00:13:35 - The Evolving Body of Knowledge 00:17:39 - Understanding the Early Universe 00:22:05 - Reflections on Particle Physics 00:25:34 - The Extraordinary Effort to Understand the Small 00:2

Published 2023-12-21 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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