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Podcast: The DemystifySci Podcast
Episode: Physics doesn’t have to make sense? – Dr. Daniel Whiteson (CERN, LHC), DemystifySci #393
Description: In this conversation with CERN, LHC particle physicist and UC Irvine professor of physics and astronomy Daniel Whiteson, we ask a deceptively simple question: when the math works, is that really enough to understand physical reality? Modern physics predicts the universe with astonishing accuracy, yet often sets aside the deeper question of what its equations actually describe in the material world. Moving between poetry and precision, we explore where explanation ends, where intuition fails, and why humans keep reaching for meaning beneath the symbols. This is a discussion about physics, but also about sense-making itself ... about whether understanding is...