Episode 103 – The Beauty of Discovery

man writing a large mathematical equation on a chalkboard

Did you know beauty plays a role in scientific discovery. I heard Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek talking about how he uses beauty in his in his work as an astrophysicist. I talk about what he’s discovered and what I think it means. I also talk about a weird glitch on YouTube that made this video inexplicably popular and one of my favorite things on Twitter.

You can hear the full interview with Frank Wilczek here at the Hidden Brain Podcast. Read Sam Miller’s work here.