Frank Wilczek is a Nobel Prize winning physicist at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – The Information: https://theinformation.com/lex to get 75% off first month – NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour – ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code LexPod to get 3 months free – Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off premium – Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex and use code LEX to get special savings EPISODE LINKS: Frank’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/FrankWilczek Frank’s Website: https://www.frankawilczek.com/ Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality (book): https://amzn.to/3vLPyQB PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (08:39) – Are there limits to what physics can understand? (17:31) – Beautiful ideas in physics (25:59) – Space and time are really big (29:47) – There are billions of thoughts in a human life (37:09) – Big bang (45:31) – How life emerged in the universe (51:33) – Aliens (1:01:25) – Consciousness (1:08:53) – Limits of physics (1:14:29) – Complimentary principle (1:23:34) – Free will (1:29:47) – Particles (1:35:10) – Nobel Prize in Physics (1:48:24) – Axions and dark matter (2:03:50) – Time crystals (2:08:42) – Theory of everything (2:18:10) – Advice for young people (2:23:52) – Meaning of life