Synopsis
Two physicists talk about whatever interests them that week, and every now and then, something smart comes out. https://linktr.ee/Eigenbros
Episodes
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Eigenbros ep 96 - The Great Filter
25/12/2020 Duration: 01h03minJuan & Terence bring you existential dread for Christmas. They discuss the Fermi Paradox and the Great Filter, the event which could be humanity to an end.
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Eigenbros ep 95 - Collapsing the Wavefunction (Gravity)
18/12/2020 Duration: 01h07minJuan & Terence discuss gravity's influence on the quantum mechanical wavefunction and xenobots.
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Eigenbros ep 94 - Science Twitter Beef and Galactic Federation
11/12/2020 Duration: 01h04minTerence gets into a beef with some prominent members of science twitter over a contentious tweet. Ex Israeli Chief of Space security claims aliens exist and they live on Mars.
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Eigenbros ep 93 - AlphaFold and Monoliths
04/12/2020 Duration: 01h05minJuan & Terence discuss Google's AlphaFold breakthrough in protein folding and the mysterious monolith appearance in Utah.
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Eigenbros ep 92 - Greatest Technologies of All Time
27/11/2020 Duration: 01h03minJuan and Terence discuss a list that has the 50 greatest technologies of all time.
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Eigenbros ep 91 - Statistics of (Election) Fraud
20/11/2020 Duration: 01h05minJuan & Terence discuss Matt Parker's video on Benford's Law and why its not a viable way to detect election fraud. They also talk about Nassim Taleb and the importance of fat-tail distributions.
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Eigenbros ep 90 - Post Election Podcast
13/11/2020 Duration: 01h02minJuan & Terence discuss the 2020 presidential election results, space debris, and being president.
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Eigenbros ep 89 - Wellness in Physics
06/11/2020 Duration: 01h54sJuan & Terence discuss working out, eating, and sleeping well while also being a physics major and how to maintain being healthy in school.
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Eigenbros ep 88 - How to Contribute to Physics
30/10/2020 Duration: 52minThis episode is dedicated to the non-physicists or self-taught physicists who would like to contribute to the body of knowledge in a meaningful way. Juan and Terence give their tips on how to go from Crank to Planck.
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Eigenbros ep 87 - Importance of Physics
23/10/2020 Duration: 56minJuan & Terence discuss the importance of physics and also touch upon panpsychism, inspired by the podcast Terence did with Beyond the Physics.
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Eigenbros ep 86 - Room Temp Superconductor Discovered!
16/10/2020 Duration: 52minJuan and Terence talk a bit about the recent discovery of a room temperature superconductor by the researchers in Rochester, New York. The nobel prize in physics awarded to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel, Andrea M. Ghez was also a topic of discussion.
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Eigenbros ep 85 - Exploring Consciousness
09/10/2020 Duration: 01h04minJuan and Terence talk about consciousness and how it related to physics. This conversation was inspired by the book Conscious by Annaka Harris.
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Eigenbros ep 84 - MBTI Common Misconceptions
02/10/2020 Duration: 01h10minJuan and Terence discuss the common misconceptions of mbti.
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Eigenbros ep 83 - Physics Of TENET explained
25/09/2020 Duration: 01h09minJuan and Terence analyze the physics of the mindbending film Tenet by Christopher Nolan and starring John David Washington
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Eigenbros ep 82 - Dangers of Diving
18/09/2020 Duration: 01h01minJuan and Terence discuss teaching, diving, and Atlantis with ecology & evolution PhD student: Jackson.
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Eigenbros ep 81 - What Is String Theory
11/09/2020 Duration: 53minJuan & Terence discuss the controversial String Theory and its orgins.
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Eigenbros ep 80 - RoadMap to Learning Physics (independently)
04/09/2020 Duration: 01h02minJuan & Terence give their advice on how to learn physics on your own.
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Eigenbros ep 79 - Text ASTRO to Joe 30330
28/08/2020 Duration: 01h04minThe boys Juan, Terence, and Joe reunite for an episode of catching up and discussing astronomy stuff.
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Eigenbros ep 78 - Gedanken Podcast
21/08/2020 Duration: 01h15minJuan & Terence try to explain natural phenomena such as lightning, earthquakes, and fire from first principles
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Eigenbros ep 77 - Whats The Deal With Thorium?
14/08/2020 Duration: 01h01minJuan & Terence discuss the viability of thorium reactors as a source of energy in the future.