Calendar

WEEK # TOPICS
1

Was there a beginning of time? (Part 1)

  • Hubble's law and the Big Bang
  • The cosmic microwave background
2

Was there a beginning of time? (Part 2)

  • The Friedmann universe
  • Beyond the Big Bang
3

Are there parallel universes?

  • The level I multiverse
  • The level II multiverse
  • The level III multiverse
  • The level IV multiverse
4

Do aliens exist?

  • Where are they?
  • They're here!
  • They exist but haven't communicated yet
  • We are alone
5

Is time travel possible?

  • Special relativity
  • General relativity
6

Towards a theory of everything

  • A brief history of physics
  • Quantum gravity
  • String theory
  • Alternatives to string theory
7

Musings on the theory of everything and reality

  • Types of existence
  • Mathematical universe hypothesis
  • Appendix: Occam's razor
8

The nature of reality

  • The mathematical universe hypothesis
  • The level IV multiverse (cont.)
  • The simulation argument