Thomas Van Riet: String Theory, Extra Dimensions, The Landscape and Swampland #8

Thomas is a professor of Physics at KU Leuven (https://shorturl.at/IVa8S).

He's on Twitter: https://x.com/ThomasVanRiet2

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Outline

00:24 - General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics

11:50 - String Theory

21:41 - Singularities in String Theory

37:47 - Extra Dimensions in String Theory

48:30 - The Landscape and The Swampland

58:36 - Fine Tuning of the Universe

01:16:20 - The Most Beautiful Concept in Physics

01:20:00 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion

Hope you enjoy it, this is Back to the Stone Age!