Podcast
On Being with Krista Tippett
This book explores the theory that dark matter may have caused the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. It details a speculative scenario where dark matter's gravitational influence dislodged comets, leading to the impact that triggered the extinction.
When it comes to the world around us, is there any choice but to explore?
— Episode: [Unedited] Lisa Randall with Krista Tipp...
Episode: [Unedited] Lisa Randall with Krista Tippett
This book explores the theory that dark matter may have caused the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. It details a speculative scenario where dark matter's gravitational influence dislodged comets, leading to the impact that triggered the extinction.
When it comes to the world around us, is there any choice but to explore?
I was awestruck and enchanted not only by our current knowledge of our environment--local, solar, galactic, and universal--but also by how much we ultimately don't understand from our random, tiny perch here on Earth.
I was also overwhelmed by the many connections among the pieces that ultimately allow us to exist.
To be clear, mine is a deeply unreligious viewpoint. I don't feel the need to assign a purpose or meaning, yet I can't help but feel the emotions we tend to call religious as we come to understand the expanse of the universe and our past, and how it all fits together.
It offers anyone some perspective when dealing with the foolishness of everyday life.
Episode: Lisa Randall — Dark Matter, Dinosaurs, and Extra D...
This book explores the theory that dark matter may have caused the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, and consequently led to the rise of humanity. The author discusses the interconnectedness between astronomy, biology, and paleontology, and presents evidence supporting the theory.
It's actually really fun for me because I mean it's one of the reasons I decided to write a book because I do work on very fundamental, very abstract science. The Higgs boson or an extra-dimensional space or fundamental particles.
So we proposed this is what triggered it.
I was awestruck and enchanted not only by our current knowledge of our environment, local, solar, galactic, and universal but also by how much we ultimately hope to understand from our random tiny purts here on Earth.
I don't feel the need to assign a purpose or meaning yet I can't help but feel the emotions we tend to call religious as we come to understand the immensity of the universe, our past and how it all fits together.
When it comes to the world around us, is there any choice but to explore?
Episode: [Unedited] Lisa Randall with Krista Tippett
This book explores the theory that dark matter might have been responsible for the dinosaur extinction event 66 million years ago, as well as other scientific concepts. The book was mentioned several times during the interview.
But I spend a lot of time with all of your books and just looking at kind of the sweep of your career. So it's not a book interview per se, but I just want you to know.
Oh yeah, absolutely. No, that will be. That will be. So they get there. Yeah, no, that will be up. That will be in the script and all over the website and all of that. That's the last. OK. Yeah.
And so you're saying 85% is not the right percentage now or. No, no it is sorry I thought we were saying something else. Oh okay okay and so we now believe it's maybe 85% and then as opposed to and then like I mean let's clarify what ordinary ordinary matter when we usually say matter non dark matter is.
And you you say that that while dark matter is mysterious to us it's not necessarily such a mysterious thing I think. I think what you're saying it's not necessarily such a mysterious thing that it exists.
And you have spun this speculative scenario that which is based on real science in which dark matter might ultimately have been responsible for the extinction of the dinosaur. And it's just a 66 million years ago. Describe that scenario and how you came to it.
So it's actually really fun for me because I mean, it's one of the reasons I decided to write a book because I do work on very fundamental, very abstract science. The Higgs boson or a foreign, or an external mention space or fundamental particles.
And so here's one way you talked about one of your contributions about kind of exploring the question of why gravity is weaker. We compared to other forces in nature and you started at seeking answers to questions and standard model physics invented into extra dimensional worlds, which is such an intriguing statement.
And so, here's one way you talked about one of your contributions about kind of exploring the question of why gravity is weaker. We compared to other forces in nature and you started at seeking answers to questions and standard model physics invented into extra dimensional worlds, which is such an intriguing statement.
Episode: Lisa Randall — Dark Matter, Dinosaurs, and Extra D...
This book explores the speculative scenario that dark matter might have caused the dinosaur extinction. The author enjoyed writing it because it connected very fundamental, abstract science with a tangible event.
"I was awestruck and enchanted not only by our current knowledge of our environment, local, solar, galactic, and universal but also by how much we ultimately hope to understand from our random tiny purts here on Earth. I was also overwhelmed by the many connections among the pieces that ultimately allow us to exist."
"the earth has a love hate relationship with this environment."