Can You Observe a Typical Universe?

November 18, 2019
19 min
Season 2019 - Episode 37: Can You Observe a Typical Universe?

Season 2019 - Episode 37: Can You Observe a Typical Universe?

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Overview

The moment you started observing reality, you hopelessly polluted any conclusions you might make about it. The anthropic principle guarantees that you are NOT seeing the universe in most typical state. But used correctly, this highly controversial idea can be extremely powerful. So, how do you correctly use the anthropic principle?

Episode Information

TV Show

PBS Space Time

Season

Season 2019

Episode Number

37

Air Date

November 18, 2019

Runtime

19 minutes