Why do physical laws have their specific form? Host Curt Jaimungal shows this question is a philosophical knot, because any "explanation" must itself stand on a law.Sponsors:- As a listener of TOE you can get a special 20% off discount to The Economist and all it has to offer! Visit https://www.economist.com/toeJoin My New Substack (Personal Writings): https://curtjaimungal.substack.comListen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4eTimestamps:- - - Links mentioned:- Wigner’s Classification: https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/Wigner+classification- Noether’s Theorem: https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/Noether%27s+theorem- This Is What Energy Actually Is [TOE]: https://youtu.be/hQk9GLZ0Fms- Do Symmetries “Explain” Conservation Laws? [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2010.10909- Max Tegmark [TOE]: https://youtu.be/-gekVfUAS7c- Lee Smolin [TOE]: https://youtu.be/uOKOodQXjhc- Amanda Gefter [TOE]: https://youtu.be/yABPvDJ6Zgs- John Norton [TOE]: https://youtu.be/Tghl6aS5A3M- Laws of Physics [Eddy Keming Chen]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.03484- What’s Actually Possible: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/p/the-unexamined-in-principle- Eddy Chen & Barry Loewer [TOE]: https://youtu.be/xZnafO__IZ0- The Package Deal Accounts of Laws and Properties [Paper]: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-020-02765-2- David Deutsch [TOE]: https://youtu.be/vKeWv-cdWkM- Elan Barenholtz & Will Hahn [TOE]: https://youtu.be/Ca_RbPXraDE- Münchhausen Trilemma [Wikipedia]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnchhausen_trilemma- Jennifer Nagel [TOE]: https://youtu.be/CWZVMZ9Tm7Q- Law Without Law [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1712.01826- Schrodinger Equation: https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/Schr%C3%B6dinger+equation- Born Rule: https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/Born+rule- Enaction of Qbists [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2411.04230- Constructor Theory [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1210.7439- The Package Deal Account of Laws and Properties [Paper]: https://sites.rutgers.edu/barry-loewer/wp-content/uploads/sites/195/2020/05/Loewer-2020-The-Package-Deal-Account.pdf- Jonathan Pageau [TOE]: https://youtu.be/X3co_AA6yec- The Most Abused Theorem in Math (Godel’s Incompleteness) [TOE]: https://youtu.be/OH-ybecvuEoSUPPORT:- Become a YouTube Member (Early Access Videos):https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join- Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal - Support me on Crypto: https://commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/de803625-87d3-4300-ab6d-85d4258834a9- Support me on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=XUBHNMFXUX5S4SOCIALS:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqsGuests do not pay to appear. Theories of Everything receives revenue solely from viewer donations, platform ads, and clearly labelled sponsors; no guest or associated entity has ever given compensation, directly or through intermediaries.#science Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal features long-form, technically detailed interviews with leading researchers in physics, mathematics, consciousness, and philosophy, exploring topics at the level of active research. For academics, graduate students, and anyone seeking depth beyond popular science.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices