WTD ep.85 Jim Pivarski 'physics, history of Indian mathematics & mock human sacrifice' by WAKE THE DEAD (opens in new tab)

Jim Pivarski joins his brother Sean for another Wake the Dead. On this episode Jim, a former employee of CERN shares his thoughts on the human sacrifice video recorded in CERN's courtyard under the statue of Shiva. He also explains the folly of physicists using religious language to name certain theories; from Opperman with the A-bomb to the Higgs Boson 'God' particle. Jim explains the integral part that India plays in the history of mathematics. Jim even demystifies the double slit experimen...