What this means (and what it doesn’t) for string theory

36:11>> just being curious about how stuff works maybe it works this way what would the mathematics look like you don't know where it's going to end up >> 100% you know and this is a perfect example of the importance of curiosity >> just just curiositydriven research >> in frontier research Again, this is the difference between research that's being done in the corporate environment and you know in business architectures which are well funded >> but do not have the incentive to explore areas of research that don't immediately have a profit motive. >> Exactly. And there are so many things that are beneficial to mankind and all of us in our health, in our

36:51socialization, all these things that don't inherently have the profit motive but are still valuable. Again, if you're starting to create artificial hearts and heart transplant stuff or or skin grafting and replacement therapies >> based on the fact that string theorist spent all this time and money figuring out this structure and now it's going to save people and extend your life. >> That's pretty cool. That's pretty good. >> That's that's that's pretty good. And this is this is again why we always like to talk about the methods and the concepts behind things even if it's not an immediately applicable >> like finding because this is what we're going to end up utilizing as we get

37:31older, as our children get older in the world around us. It's not going away. It's only accelerating. And it's a great way to start episode 22 with with a little bit of balanced views on string theory. >> Yeah. >> You know, we have our not we >> It's still funny. [laughter] >> The the the comic is still funny. I'm going to laugh, you know.