George Ellis discusses the finite laws of possibility that constrain our universe.

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The fundamental structure of the cosmos is not atoms, particles, or even thoughts or mind; the fundamental structure of the universe is possibility. Join one of the world's leading cosmologists and Hawking collaborator, George Ellis, as he argues possibilities underlie our whole physical and mental existence.

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George Ellis is a distinguished professor at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He co-authored 'The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time' with physicist Stephen Hawking, and is considered one of the world's leading theorists in cosmology.

00:00 Introduction
00:00 The fundamental structure of the cosmos is possibility
00:40 Physics
03:24 Biology
08:50 Mathematics

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