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EPISODE · Aug 20, 2020 · 2H 8M

John Moffat: The 88-Year-Old Physicist Who Challenges Dark Matter

from Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal · host Theories of Everything

John Moffat (88-year-old physicist) explains his Modified Gravity theory and shares stories of meeting Schrödinger He also shares personal stories, including his meeting with Feynman and his early start in mathematics, while reviewing his current work and non‑technical books.- 0:00:00 - Modified Gravity and theory origins- 0:24:58 - Does MOG match data?- 0:29:53 - Black holes: mass, spin, alpha- 0:32:49 - Thoughts on TOE, Weinberg and Wolfram- 0:34:56 - Problem with quantum gravity- 0:43:16 - Modifying QFT and learning method- 0:55:27 - Higgs emergence from non‑renormalizable SU(2)xU(1)- 1:00:16 - Higgs needed for unitarity in Moffat's theory- 1:04:54 - Arrow of Time- 1:06:44 - Meeting Feynman (brief story)- 1:07:36 - Difficulty of modifying gravity- 1:10:58 - Current research focus- 1:12:01 - Non‑technical books by Moffat- 1:14:04 - Black hole singularities and coordinates- 1:18:55 - Early math/physics start from painter with PTSD- 1:30:16 - Einstein's early TOE attempts- 1:41:04 - Bohr and Schrödinger vs Einstein- 1:52:17 - Attending Dirac's course- 2:02:44 - Appreciation for Prof. Brian KeatingSPONSORS:- Patreon: NEW https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal - Crypto: https://nowpayments.io/donation/TOE- Twitter: https://twitter.com/bluthefilm Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal features long-form, technically detailed interviews with leading researchers in physics, mathematics, consciousness, and philosophy, exploring topics at the level of active research. For academics, graduate students, and anyone seeking depth beyond popular science. SPONSOR: I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE FOLLOW: Substack | Spotify | YouTube | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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