Daniel Whiteson - Are We Discovering Reality or Inventing It?

Dr. Daniel Whiteson is a theoretical physicist at CERN, a professor at University of California, Irvine, and a contributor to the discovery of the Higgs boson. He is also the co-host of the podcast “Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe” and author of popular science books exploring the limits of human understanding.

What if physics isn’t actually “real”… but just the way humans happen to describe reality?

In this conversation, we explore whether our understanding of the universe is objective truth or a human-centered framework. We talk about alien intelligence, the limits of human cognition, why the Big Bang is widely misunderstood, and whether we might encounter truths we’re simply incapable of understanding. This is less about answers—and more about questioning the assumptions we didn’t even realize we were making.

GUEST LINKS
"Do Aliens Speak Physics?" https://www.amazon.com/Do-Aliens-Speak-Physics-Questions/dp/1324064641

Podcast: https://www.danielandkelly.org

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