Caltech
private research university located in Pasadena, California, USA
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Videos Mentioning Caltech

AI Expert: Here Is What The World Looks Like In 2 Years! Tristan Harris
The Diary Of A CEO
California Institute of Technology, where a professor believed he had solved quantum physics and climate change problems after interacting with affirming AI.

#AIS: Joe Lonsdale on the problem with higher education
All-In Podcast
Mentioned as a benchmark for the size of the initial incoming class for the new university being founded.

Using Play to Rewire & Improve Your Brain
Andrew Huberman
The California Institute of Technology, where Richard Feynman was a professor and where technologically challenging pranks were historically common.

John Preskill on Quantum Computing
Y Combinator
The institution where Richard Feynman was a physicist and where the speaker later overlapped with him.

Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #219
Lex Fridman
Knuth was a professor at Caltech in the 1960s, where he encountered a philosopher who valued happiness over computational truth. This experience informs Knuth's skepticism about AI's potential societal impact.

Erasing Fears & Traumas Based on the Modern Neuroscience of Fear
Andrew Huberman
The institution where David Anderson's research group, mentioned in relation to Tachykinin research, is located.

Navigating Conflict, Finding Purpose & Maintaining Drive | Dr Lex Fridman
Andrew Huberman
The California Institute of Technology, mentioned as a place where faculty are intellectually challenged and occasionally 'afraid' of their brilliant students.

The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History
Veritasium
California Institute of Technology, where Clair Patterson moved to build a new lab and conduct his research on lead contamination and the age of the Earth.

LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman Question & Answer in Los Angeles, CA
Andrew Huberman
California Institute of Technology, where Richard Feynman performed stunts like bongo drumming naked on the roof.

Jed Buchwald: Isaac Newton and the Philosophy of Science | Lex Fridman Podcast #214
Lex Fridman
The institution where Jed Buchwald teaches and where he consults with friends like Kip Thorne on physics concepts.

Barry Barish: Gravitational Waves and the Most Precise Device Ever Built | Lex Fridman Podcast #213
Lex Fridman
The California Institute of Technology, where Barry Barish is a theoretical physicist and where significant technical developments for the LIGO project took place.

LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman Question & Answer in Seattle, WA
Andrew Huberman
California Institute of Technology, where David Anderson researches aggression and emotional states.

Understanding & Controlling Anger & Aggression
Andrew Huberman
Academic institution where David Anderson's lab conducts research on neurobiology of aggression.

Katherine de Kleer: Planets, Moons, Asteroids & Life in Our Solar System | Lex Fridman Podcast #184
Lex Fridman
Katherine de Kleer is a professor of planetary science and astronomy at Caltech.

#59–Jason Fung, M.D: Fasting as an antidote to obesity, insulin resistance, T2D, & metabolic illness
Peter Attia MD
One of the institutions where Richard Feynman taught, mentioned in relation to his explanation of the scientific method.

Andrew Huberman: Neuroscience of Optimal Performance | Lex Fridman Podcast #139
Lex Fridman
The institution where Lindsay Saltzman, a former graduate student of Huberman's lab, is now working.

Take Back MIT | Eric Weinstein and Lex Fridman
Lex Fridman
Mentioned as an example of an institution that embodies the ideal academic environment, alongside MIT, which should be defended against external pressures.

Ben Shapiro: Politics, Kanye, Trump, Biden, Hitler, Extremism, and War | Lex Fridman Podcast #336
Lex Fridman
California Institute of Technology, mentioned as a place where climatologists work and understand climate science.

Ed Zschau — The Polymath Professor Who Changed My Life | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
An academic institution where Ed Zschau taught high-tech entrepreneurship courses.

Christof Koch: Consciousness | Lex Fridman Podcast #2
Lex Fridman
California Institute of Technology, where Christof Koch was a professor.

The Future of Artificial Intelligence: A Conversation with Eric Schmidt (Episode #280)
Sam Harris
Institution where a group is using AI to simulate complex scientific models, like cloud behavior.

Sean Carroll: The Nature of the Universe, Life, and Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #26
Lex Fridman
California Institute of Technology, where Sean Carroll works as a theoretical physicist.

Sean Carroll: Quantum Mechanics and the Many-Worlds Interpretation | Lex Fridman Podcast #47
Lex Fridman
California Institute of Technology, where Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist.

Wormholes in the laboratory – Public lecture by Dr. Joe Lykken
Fermilab