Fay Dowker: Causal Set Theory, Quantum Gravity, Consciousness, Non-Locality, Stephen Hawking

Fay Dowker is a physicist and is currently a professor of Theoretical Physics and a member of the Theoretical Physics Group at Imperial College London and a Visiting Fellow at the Perimeter Institute. Fay conducts research in a number of areas of theoretical physics including quantum gravity and causal set theory. Curt's "String Theory Iceberg":    • The Mathematics of String Theory [Graduate...   Join TOEmail at https://www.curtjaimungal.org Timestamps: 00:00 - General Relativity & Quantum Theory 03:15 - Quantum Field Theory 04:59 - Linearized Gravity 07:10 - Quantum Gravity 12:50 - Working With Stephen Hawking 22:45 - Causal Set Theory (Quantum Gravity) 36:00 - Quantization 40:19 - Non-Locality 45:40 - What Makes a Quantum Theory 48:10 - Landmark Results From Causal Set Theory 56:19 - Technical Difficulties 01:00:19 - Quantum Mechanics 01:07:05 - Quantum Definition of the Physical World 01:12:45 - Consciousness 01:33:20 - Unifying Gravity with Other Forces 01:38:00 - Spinners 01:41:07 - Causal Dynamical Triangulations 01:45:10 - Advice 01:48:00 - Support TOE Links Mentioned: https://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/... Support TOE: I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE Patreon:   / curtjaimungal   (early access to ad-free audio episodes!) Crypto: https://nowpayments.io/donation/TOE PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE TOE Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch Follow TOE: NEW Get my 'Top 10 TOEs' PDF + Weekly Personal Updates: https://www.curtjaimungal.org Instagram:   / theoriesofeverythingpod   TikTok:   / theoriesofeverything_   Twitter:   / toewithcurt   Discord Invite:   / discord   iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast... Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b9... Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything:   / theoriesofeverything   Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @theoriesofeverything   #science #physics