Guest
Daniel Whiteson
Daniel Whiteson is a particle physicist known for explaining big physics questions to general audiences.
Circuit updated September 8, 2026
Notable quotes
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“if the universe is a simulation and it's cut into huge cubes in which the simulation is being done, really, really fast particles might like make it through the cube too quickly, so that they they like get caught by the update, and it's basically a glitch in the simulation.”
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“there's some particles out there we've seen that have insanely high energy like like so much energy it's hard to imagine. You know, like a single particle having the energy of like a fastball, like a a whole baseball at 100 miles an hour.”
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“I mean, there's no way to prove that. It's just like a cool thought experiment, you know, ways you might identify that the universe is a simulation by looking for flaws in the assumptions that are built into it.”
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“what he's talking about in that video is saying that like he sees evidence for like structure within string theory that's similar to computer code. And you know, I think that's a bit of a reach.”
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“So, if we are inside a computer that computer is following laws of the outer universe. We're Super Mario, right? We can't learn about the laws of that outer universe.”
Daniel Whiteson · Danny Jones Podcast
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