Leonard Susskind: Quantum Mechanics, String Theory and Black Holes | Lex Fridman Podcast #41

Leonard Susskind is a professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University, and founding director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. He is widely regarded as one of the fathers of string theory and in general as one of the greatest physicists of our time both as a researcher and an educator. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep41-sb See below for timestamps, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. CONTACT LEX: Feedback - give feedback to Lex: https://lexfridman.com/survey AMA - submit questions, videos or call-in: https://lexfridman.com/ama Hiring - join our team: https://lexfridman.com/hiring Other - other ways to get in touch: https://lexfridman.com/contact OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:02 - Richard Feynman 2:09 - Visualization and intuition 6:45 - Ego in Science 9:27 - Academia 11:18 - Developing ideas 12:12 - Quantum computers 21:37 - Universe as an information processing system 26:35 - Machine learning 29:47 - Predicting the future 30:48 - String theory 37:03 - Free will 39:26 - Arrow of time 46:39 - Universe as a computer 49:45 - Big bang 50:50 - Infinity 51:35 - First image of a black hole 54:08 - Questions within the reach of science 55:55 - Questions out of reach of science PODCAST LINKS: Podcast Website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Podcast Playlist:    • Lex Fridman Podcast   Clips Channel:    / lexclips   SOCIAL LINKS: X: https://x.com/lexfridman Instagram:   / lexfridman   TikTok:   / lexfridman   LinkedIn:   / lexfridman   Facebook:   / lexfridman   Patreon:   / lexfridman   Telegram: https://t.me/lexfridman Reddit:   / lexfridman