Where do Physical Constants Come From? - Thad Roberts, DemystiCon '24, DSPod #248

Another talk from our recent April conference in Austin, TX, with Thad Roberts from The Physics Monastery. Thad speaks about his institute's recent progress in an ongoing struggle to comprehend the secrets of the constants of nature. These are the steady quantities that scale all the behaviors of the natural world, from electricity and magnetism, to gravity, or even elasticity. It seems strange that there are these fixed numbers inside of all our scientific formulas, but the physical significance is often forsaken. Even worse, we often have no idea why the constant is fixed as it is. Why is the speed of light limited? Why does the electron orbit at that speed? Why are they related just so? These questions and more get aired out in depth. Tell us your thoughts in the comments!!! Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00( Go! (00:00:27) Visualizing the atom (00:04:50) Learning to see in the dark (00:08:14) Grandfather of science (00:15:22) Tools & science (00:17:56) Empires of the mind (00:18:52) Flatland (00:22:34) Perspective and relativism (00:32:23) Newtonian revelations (00:40:50) Einsteinian revelations (00:54:33) Gravity as density field (00:57:08) Remember the atom, Feynmann (01:07:34) NIST & constants of nature (01:12:00) Fine structure constant (01:38:12) Q&A #sciencepodcast, #Physics, #Science, #ConstantsOfNature, #Research, #ThePhysicsMonastery, #ScientificInquiry, #QuantumPhysics, #NaturalLaw, #TheoryOfEverything, #Astronomy, #Cosmology, #Einstein, #ThadRoberts, #ConferenceTalk, #AustinTX, #ScientificProgress, #Electromagnetism, #Gravity, #Elasticity, #SpeedOfLight Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671