Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Sean Carroll is an American theoretical physicist who specializes in quantum mechanics, cosmology, and the philosophy of science.


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0:00 – Tour
0:32 – Can Science Alone Explain the Universe?
6:08 – The Principle of Sufficient Reason
10:07 – What Are the Laws of Physics?
18:22 – The Fine-Tuning Argument
32:39 – Does the Multiverse Undermine Morality?
36:29 – Free Will and the Multiverse
42:24 – What Is Emergence?
56:21 – What “Stuff” Do Materialists Believe In?
1:02:41 – How Does Consciousness Work on Materialism?
1:17:31 – What Could Move Sean Away from Materialism?

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