#16 - Arya Desai: Astrophysics, Crying, and Neil deGrasse Tyson

Arya Desai studies Astrophysics at UIUC and is incredibly talented at explaining science concepts. EPISODE LINKS: Arya Desai's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arya-desai-36b962220 Arya Desai's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/desai_arya/?hl=en OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:18 - Cosmic Neutrino Background 4:30 - The Standard Model & Subatomic Particles 8:25 - Physics Stagnation? 13:20 - How to excite people about physics 15:48 - Jobs as a physics major 18:10 - Simulation hypothesis 23:40 - Free will 28:30 - Untestable Hypotheses 31:10 - New Math, Complex Numbers, and Darwinism  46:40 - Sadness 52:05 - Big TV, Hedge Funds, Doing What You Actually Want 1:02:22 - Climate change 1:09:55 - Crying 1:14:28 - Advice for young people 🚥Overrated or Underrated Section 🚥 1:18:15 - 💰 Liquidity of Billionaires 1:20:50 - 👨🏾‍🔬 Neil deGrasse Tyson 1:21:55 - Closing Words SOCIAL: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uiuctalkshow Twitter: https://twitter.com/uiuctalkshow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@uiuctalkshow Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3ezoc4xJa4DrGq7N4lhqQn Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-uiuc-talkshow/id1611427075 Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1H9UJqXvJXr3qlx9c89Rv76c6IpnwGeC Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1H9UJqXvJXqdyEq7fuyUz9cmpdfqN1Rb What is the UIUC Talkshow? Our goal with this show is to introduce to the most interesting people and most interesting people from the UIUC campus. Learn more about Juan David & Aaryaman: Aaryaman https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaryaman-patel-779437205/ Juan David Website: https://www.juandavidcampolargo.com/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/jdcampolargo  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdcampolargo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jdcampolargo/