24 December 2025
Brian Keating’s Journey: Nobel Dreams and Cosmic Questions | Cheltenham and UK Philosophers
Into the Impossible With Brian Keating
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Brian Keating sits down with Matt Gray for a wide-ranging, thoughtful, and entertaining conversation that explores the intersection of cosmology, philosophy, and mysticism. Together, they tackle some of the universe’s biggest mysteries—from the origins of the cosmos and the mechanics of the Big Bang, to the challenges and philosophy behind scientific discovery.
Timestamps:
00:00 "Science, Nobel Near-Miss, and Humor"
07:26 "Passion for Science and Sharing"
12:00 "Chasing a Nobel-Worthy Discovery"
20:42 Limits of Scientific Falsifiability
22:18 "Origins and Concepts of Cosmology"
32:28 "Galileo, Einstein, and Scientific Progress"
34:16 "Nobel Prizes and Collaboration Challenges"
38:58 "Galactic Dust and Panspermia"
48:15 Agnostic vs. Atheist Questioning
51:44 John Lennox: Faith, Science, and Scripture
58:35 Equations, God, and Belief Dynamics
01:03:12 Belief Nuances and Perspectives
01:06:07 Maxwell's Ether and Light Waves
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Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner, with productivity tips from 9 Nobel Prize winners: https://a.co/d/03ezQFu
Focus Like a Nobel Prize Winner, with life-changing interviews with 9 Nobel Prizewinners: https://a.co/d/hi50U9U
My tell-all cosmic memoir Losing the Nobel Prize: http://amzn.to/2sa5UpA
The first-ever audiobook from Galileo: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican https://a.co/d/iZPi9Un
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Timestamps:
00:00 "Science, Nobel Near-Miss, and Humor"
07:26 "Passion for Science and Sharing"
12:00 "Chasing a Nobel-Worthy Discovery"
20:42 Limits of Scientific Falsifiability
22:18 "Origins and Concepts of Cosmology"
32:28 "Galileo, Einstein, and Scientific Progress"
34:16 "Nobel Prizes and Collaboration Challenges"
38:58 "Galactic Dust and Panspermia"
48:15 Agnostic vs. Atheist Questioning
51:44 John Lennox: Faith, Science, and Scripture
58:35 Equations, God, and Belief Dynamics
01:03:12 Belief Nuances and Perspectives
01:06:07 Maxwell's Ether and Light Waves
-
Join this channel to get access to perks like monthly Office Hours:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/join
📚 Get my books:
Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner, with productivity tips from 9 Nobel Prize winners: https://a.co/d/03ezQFu
Focus Like a Nobel Prize Winner, with life-changing interviews with 9 Nobel Prizewinners: https://a.co/d/hi50U9U
My tell-all cosmic memoir Losing the Nobel Prize: http://amzn.to/2sa5UpA
The first-ever audiobook from Galileo: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican https://a.co/d/iZPi9Un
Follow me to ask questions of my guests:
🏄♂️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating
🔔 Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1
📝 Join my mailing list; just click here http://briankeating.com/list
✍️ Detailed Blog posts here: https://briankeating.com/blog
🎙️ Listen on audio-only platforms: https://briankeating.com/podcast
#universe #podcast #briankeating #intotheimpossible #science #astronomy #cosmology #cosmicmicrowavebackground #intotheimpossible #briankeating
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