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29:54ENSeven Levels of a Pandemic: Pain, Challenge and Hope From Biology to PhilosophyModeration: Lex FridmanLex Fridman maps the coronavirus onto seven levels of attack on society and proposes a response and a reason for hope at each one.
21:52ENThe Secret Seminar: Eric Weinstein on What Happens When Academia Meets Someone It Can't CategorizeModeration: Lex FridmanIn a clip from the Lex Fridman Podcast, mathematician Eric Weinstein recounts discovering a hidden seminar at Harvard and explains why he thinks institutions fail on novel cases.
28:53ENTake Back MIT: Eric Weinstein on Broken Institutions and the Scientists Who Should Reclaim ThemModeration: Lex FridmanIn a clip from their longer conversation, Eric Weinstein and Lex Fridman argue over whether MIT can be won back from its administrators, and what it means to be betrayed by the institutions we trust.
19:13ENThe Higgs Was the Missing Puzzle Piece. The Real Mystery Is Why It Exists at AllModeration: Lex FridmanParticle physicist Harry Cliff explains why finding the Higgs confirmed the obvious, why its tuned value is so troubling, and why the search for a deeper theory is stuck.
22:03ENRunning the Drake Equation: Lex Fridman's Estimate of Alien Civilizations, From 0.7 in the Milky Way to Trillions in the UniverseModeration: Lex FridmanLex Fridman walks through each parameter of the Drake equation with optimistic, pessimistic and personal estimates, then argues the real lesson is how little we understand about intelligence and communication.
22:17ENWhat Is Real? Lee Smolin on Realism, Science and StorytellingModeration: Lex FridmanThe theoretical physicist explains why he believes in a world independent of our perception, why he doubts there is a single scientific method, and where realism meets quantum mechanics.








