Finding the limits of physics and beyond IN FULL | Priya Natarajan and Hilary Lawson
159Priya Natarajan and Hilary Lawson discuss Priya's latest research in physics and what it can tell us about the limits of reality itself.
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Dark matter and dark energy together constitute 95% of the observable universe, but physics does not have a clear idea of what these phenomena are. Join leading theoretical astrophysicist and TIME100 most influential people of 2024, Priya Natarajan, and post-realist philosopher Hilary Lawson for a conversation that lifts the lid on dark matter and dark energy and the future of modern physics.
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Priya Natarajan is a Professor of theoretical astrophysics at Yale University. Natarajan was included on the TIME100 list of most influential people in the world in 2024 and is the 2025 recipient of the Dannie Heineman Prize in
Astrophysics awarded by the American Astronomical Society and the American Institute of Physics.
Hilary Lawson is a philosopher best known for his theory 'Closure', a post-analytic return to metaphysics, and an outspoken critic of philosophical realism. He is Editorial Director of the IAI.
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00:00 Introduction
00:45 The most significant research
04:30 Observations in science
05:40 Dark matter and dark energy
08:45 Theories or metaphors?
12:10 Alternative accounts of dark energy
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