Lawrence Krauss Episode 109
Episode 109: The Cosmic Universe
Michael welcomed Lawrence krauss to the program. Lawrence Maxwell Krauss is an American-Canadian theoretical physicist and cosmologist who is Foundation Professor of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, and director of its Origins Project.
Lawrence’s major research areas and activities are encompassed within theoretical particle astrophysics and cosmology, including studies of the early universe, neutrino astrophysics, dark matter, dark energy, quantum field theory and gravity, black holes, stellar evolution, nucleosynthesis and eschatology.
Krauss is the author of over 300 scientific publications, as well as numerous popular articles on physics and astronomy. He is the author of 10 popular books, including the international bestseller The Physics of Star Trek(1995) and most recently A Universe from Nothing (2012), which immediately became New York Times Bestseller and has now been translated into 24 different languages. It argues that not only can our universe naturally arise from nothing, without supernatural effects, but that it probably did. His newest book, The Greatest Story Ever Told .. So Far.
After introductions Michael and Lawrence discuss a variety of topics such as: How and why we are here? How the universe can be created out of nothing. How he grades Donald Trump as our President. Bill O’Reilly’s embarrassing statements on national television.
Michael Ask’s Lawrence his opinion on Arizona state’s decision to remove evolution from the state’s science education standards. What about abductions or Jesus?
Diane Douglas has taken the standards, written by educators, and selectively replaced instances of the word “evolution” with euphemisms like “change over time.” The alterations come less than a year after Douglas publicly advocated for introducing religious ideas into biology classrooms. The importance of teaching science is vital, and should be focused on.