Brian Keating: Cosmology, Astrophysics, Aliens & Losing the Nobel Prize | Lex Fridman Podcast #257

Brian Keating is an experimental physicist at the UCSD, author of Losing the Nobel Prize, and host of the Into the Impossible podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - InsideTracker: and use code Lex25 to get 25% off - Athletic Greens: and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil - Magic Spoon: and use code LEX to get $5 off - MasterClass: to get 15% off - Onnit: to get up to 10% off EPISODE LINKS: Brian’s Twitter: Brian’s YouTube: Books and resources mentioned: Losing the Nobel Prize: Into the Impossible: PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: RSS: Full episodes playlist: Clips playlist: OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 0:27 - Telescope 5:51 - Beginning of the universe 26:04 - Science and the Soviet Union 31:30 - What it’s like to be a scientist 50:26 - Age of the universe 53:17 - Expansion of the universe 1:01:18 - Gravitational waves 1:04:30 - BICEP 1:29:45 - Nobel prize 1:52:47 - Joe Rogan 2:00:02 - Recognition in science 2:08:11 - Curiosity 2:15:59 - Losing the Nobel Prize 2:28:53 - Galileo Galilei 2:47:41 - Eric Weinstein 3:06:01 - Scientific community 3:23:42 - James Webb telescope 3:28:42 - Panspermia 3:32:12 - Origin of life 3:37:40 - Aliens 3:43:22 - Death and purpose 3:47:34 - God 3:53:30 - Power SOCIAL: - Twitter: - LinkedIn: - Facebook: - Instagram: - Medium: @lexfridman - Reddit: - Support on Patreon: