Lawrence Krauss is an internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling author, as well as being an acclaimed lecturer. He has also appeared regularly on radio and television, as well as in several feature films. He was born in New York City and moved shortly thereafter to Toronto, Canada, where he grew up. He received undergraduate degrees in both Mathematics and Physics at Carleton University. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1982), then joined the Harvard Society of Fellows (1982-85). He joined the faculty of the departments of Physics and Astronomy at Yale University as assistant professor in 1985, and associate professor in 1988. From 1993-2008 he was Ambrose Swasey Professor of Physics, Professor of Astronomy at Case Western Reserve University. From 1993-2005 he also served as Chair of the Physics Department there. During this period he built up the department, which was ranked among the top 20 Physics Graduate Research Programs in the country in a 2005 national ranking. Among the major new initiatives he spearheaded were the creation of one of the leading particle astrophysics experimental and theoretical programs in the US, the Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics, and the creation of a groundbreaking Masters Program in Physics Entrepreneurship. Among his numerous important scientific contributions was the proposal, in 1995, that most of the energy of the Universe resided in empty space. This prediction was verified in 1999 by two teams of astronomers, and the discovery was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2011. For a more complete biography and listing of his accomplishments, visit https://lawrencemkrauss.com/biography.

The Edge of Knowledge (book): https://tinyurl.com/4uu7nky5
The Origins Podcast: https://originsproject.org
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00:00 -- Introductory sequence
00:28 -- Preliminary comments and highlights
04:46 -- Introduction of Krauss and Interview set-up
07:20 -- General thoughts and data about audio book
11:02 -- Jakob Bronowski Quote from book's Epiloogue
13:36 -- Taking sides on the Israeli-Palestine war
19:10 -- How connected does Krauss feel to his Jewish heritage?
22:16 -- Krauss on visiting Israel and the secular science going on there
24:13 -- What if Gaza had nuclear weapons? (Iran)
26:11 -- Basing public policy on empirical evidence & open dialogue
28:18 -- How religion poisons everything & Jews accomplishments
34:02 -- Krauss as a representative of scientific progress
35:22 -- Why does Krauss exclude the threat of human extinction?
41:53 -- Is the origin of life or the preservation of life more important?
46:38 -- EISM research connecting physics to voting theory
49:50 -- Krauss on his motivation for "The Edge of Knowledge"
52:50 -- Why more books are written about consciousness
54:13 -- The illusion of time and free will
57:21 -- The error of trying to understand quantum mechanics classically
1:04:15 -- Which interpretation of quantum mechanics is right?
1:06:30 -- Krauss' hope to inspire young people with his book