Sean Carroll's Mindscape Ziya Tong on Realities We Don't See (Season 1, Episode 133)
Podcast Episode | 97 min | Talk-Show

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape

Ziya Tong on Realities We Don't See (Season 1, Episode 133)

Podcast Episode | 97 min | Talk-Show

It's a truism that what we see about the world is a small fraction of all that exists. At the simplest level of physics and biology, our senses are drastically limited; we only see a narrow spectrum of electromagnetic waves, and we only ...See moreIt's a truism that what we see about the world is a small fraction of all that exists. At the simplest level of physics and biology, our senses are drastically limited; we only see a narrow spectrum of electromagnetic waves, and we only hear a narrow band of sound. We don't feel neutrinos or dark matter at all, even as they pass through our bodies, and we can't perceive microscopic objects. While science can help us overcome some of these limitations, they do shape how we think about the world. Ziya Tong takes this idea and expands it to include the parts of our social and moral worlds that are effectively invisible to us - from where our food comes from to how we decide how wealth is allocated in society. See less