Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

• The Theory That Shatters Language Itself

  As a listener of TOE you can get a special 20% off discount to The Economist and all it has to offer! Visit https://www.economist.com/toe Professor Elan Barenholtz, cognitive scientist at Florida Atlantic University, joins TOE to discuss one of the most unsettling ideas in cognitive science: that language is a self-contained, autoregressive system with no inherent connection to the external world. In this mind-altering episode, he explains why AI’s mastery of language without meaning forces us to rethink the nature of mind, perception, and reality itself... Join My New Substack (Personal Writings): https://curtjaimungal.substack.com Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e Timestamps: 00:00 The Mind and Language Connection 02:09 The Grounded Thesis of Language 09:29 The Epiphany of Language 13:06 The Dichotomy of Language and Perception 16:24 Language as an Autonomous System 19:48 The Problem of Qualia and Language 23:35 Bridging Language and Action 31:32 Exploring Embeddings in Language 38:21 The Platonic Space of Language 44:17 The Challenges of Meaning and Action 51:05 Understanding the Complexity of Color 52:53 The Paradox of Language Describing Itself 58:19 The Map of Language and Action 1:07:48 Continuous Learning in Language Models 1:11:46 The Nature of Memory 1:22:46 The Role of Context 1:32:18 Exploring Language Dynamics 1:39:44 The Shift from Oral to Written Language 2:11:34 Language and the Cosmic Whole 2:21:35 Reflections on Existence Links Mentioned: •⁠ ⁠Elan’s Substack: https://elanbarenholtz.substack.com •⁠ Elan's X / Twitter: https://x.com/ebarenholtz •⁠ ⁠Geoffrey Hinton on TOE: https://youtu.be/b_DUft-BdIE •⁠ ⁠Joscha Bach and Ben Goertzel on TOE: https://youtu.be/xw7omaQ8SgA •⁠ ⁠Elan’s published papers: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2grAjZsAAAAJ •⁠ ⁠Ai medical panel on TOE: https://youtu.be/abzXzPBW4_s •⁠ ⁠Jacob Barandes and Manolis Kellis on TOE: https://youtu.be/MTD8xkbiGis •⁠ ⁠Will Hahn on TOE: https://youtu.be/3fkg0uTA3qU •⁠ ⁠Noam Chomsky on TOE: https://youtu.be/DQuiso493ro •⁠ ⁠Greg Kondrak on TOE: https://youtu.be/FFW14zSYiFY •⁠ ⁠Andres Emilsson on TOE: https://youtu.be/BBP8WZpYp0Y •⁠ ⁠Harnessing the Universal Geometry of Embeddings (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.12540 •⁠ ⁠Yang-Hui He on TOE: https://youtu.be/spIquD_mBFk •⁠ ⁠Iain McGilchrist on TOE: https://youtu.be/Q9sBKCd2HD0 •⁠ ⁠Curt interviews ChatGPT: https://youtu.be/mSfChbMRJwY •⁠ ⁠Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind (book): https://www.amazon.com/dp/0674251555 •⁠ ⁠Karl Friston on TOE: https://youtu.be/uk4NZorRjCo •⁠ ⁠Michael Levin and Anna Ciaunica on TOE: https://youtu.be/2aLhkm6QUgA •⁠ ⁠The Biology of LLMs (paper): https://transformer-circuits.pub/2025/attribution-graphs/biology.html •⁠ ⁠Jacob Barandes on TOE: https://youtu.be/YaS1usLeXQM •⁠ ⁠Emily Adlam on TOE: https://youtu.be/6I2OhmVWLMs •⁠ ⁠Julian Barbour on TOE: https://youtu.be/bprxrGaf0Os •⁠ ⁠Tim Palmer on TOE: https://youtu.be/vlklA6jsS8A •⁠ ⁠Neil Turok on TOE: https://youtu.be/ZUp9x44N3uE •⁠ ⁠Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/jayaraasi/ •⁠ ⁠On the Origin of Time (book): https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593128443 SUPPORT: - Become a YouTube Member (Early Access Videos): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join - Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal - Support me on Crypto: https://commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/de803625-87d3-4300-ab6d-85d4258834a9 - Support me on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=XUBHNMFXUX5S4 SOCIALS: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt - Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs #science Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Geometric Unity: 40 Years in the Making | Eric Weinstein

  This is the first conversation (with Eric Weinstein) in 40 years on Geometric Unity. In this rare, unscripted conversation, Eric Weinstein reveals the core of Geometric Unity, his decades-in-the-making theory. For the first time, Weinstein opens up fully about dark matter, the missing generations, peer review, and the potential flake of GU that quietly changed the world. This is the theory he believes is the answer. As a listener of TOE you can get a special 20% off discount to The Economist and all it has to offer! Visit https://www.economist.com/toe Join My New Substack (Personal Writings): https://curtjaimungal.substack.com Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction to Geometric Unity 06:50 Simplifying GU for Understanding 07:58 The Philosophical Implications of Physics 11:24 The Relationship Between Quantum and Classical 14:15 The Role of Generations in Physics 27:58 The Concept of Restricted Data 32:30 The Importance of Clear Communication 36:59 The Challenges of Explaining GU 38:14 The Value of Recognizing Contributions 49:34 The Story Behind the Seiberg-Witten Equations 1:06:12 A Critical View of Modern Physics 1:11:59 Establishing Criteria for Valid Theories 1:14:32 The Challenge of Quantization in GU 1:21:00 The Power of Non-Positive Definite Killing Forms 1:26:33 The Importance of Steelmanning in Science 1:32:11 Understanding GU 1:36:09 The Nature of Supersymmetry 1:37:30 Supersymmetry and Its Misunderstandings 1:46:30 Honoring Contributions in Physics 1:53:06 The Injustice of Peer Review 1:56:33 The Struggle for Recognition 2:06:02 The Academic Critique of GU 2:06:51 The Challenge of Communicating GU 2:23:05 Reactions to GU in Academia 2:52:57 The Future of GU Discussions 2:58:49 Reflections on the Journey of GU Links Mentioned: •⁠ ⁠Curt explains Eric’s Geometric Unity theory: https://youtu.be/AThFAxF7Mgw •⁠ ⁠Eric’s Oxford lecture on Geometric Unity: https://youtu.be/Z7rd04KzLcg •⁠ ⁠Garrett Lisi discusses his theory of everything on TOE: https://youtu.be/z7ulJmfFvd8 •⁠ ⁠Peter Woit discusses unification on TOE: https://youtu.be/9z3JYb_g2Qs •⁠ ⁠Stephen Wolfram discusses observers on TOE: https://youtu.be/0YRlQQw0d-4 •⁠ ⁠Richard Behiel’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RichBehiel/videos •⁠ ⁠Curt criticizes the idea of “explain like I’m 5”: https://youtu.be/eASBzSNB8ts •⁠ ⁠Eric’s first appearance on TOE: https://youtu.be/KElq_MLO1kw •⁠ ⁠Eva Miranda discusses geometric quantization on TOE: https://youtu.be/6XyMepn-AZo •⁠ ⁠Edward Frankel discusses the Geometric Langlands Correspondence on TOE: https://youtu.be/RX1tZv_Nv4Y •⁠ ⁠Emily Riehl discusses infinity categories on TOE: https://youtu.be/mTwvecBthpQ •⁠ ⁠Gregory Chaitin discusses the halt of scientific innovation on TOE: https://youtu.be/guQIkV6yCik •⁠ ⁠Curt criticizes Gödel’s incompleteness theorem pop sci on TOE: https://youtu.be/OH-ybecvuEo •⁠ ⁠Curt debunks the “all possible paths” myth: https://youtu.be/XcY3ZtgYis0 •⁠ ⁠Sean Carroll discusses the crisis in fundamental physics on TOE: https://youtu.be/9AoRxtYZrZo •⁠ ⁠Amanda Gefter discusses quantum mechanics on TOE: https://youtu.be/yABPvDJ6Zgs •⁠ ⁠Lee Cronin discusses Terrence Howard on TOE: https://youtu.be/8xAYf7tYrNk SUPPORT: •⁠ ⁠Become a YouTube Member (Early Access Videos): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join •⁠ ⁠Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal •⁠ ⁠Support me on Crypto: https://commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/de803625-87d3-4300-ab6d-85d4258834a9 •⁠ ⁠Support me on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=XUBHNMFXUX5S4 #science Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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