The Physics of Good Judgment | Rana Adhikari

01/07/2025 47 min

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Rana Adhikari, winner of the 2019 New Horizons in Physics Breakthrough Prize, joins Aditya Agarwal to discuss his 'minus one' journey as an experimental physicist, the current state of LLMs, and the vision that led to the creation of India’s own LIGO facility.Connect with us here:1. Rana Adhikari- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rana-adhikari-26bb73165/2. Aditya Agarwal- https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityaagarwal3/3. South Park Commons- https://www.linkedin.com/company/southparkcommons/00:00 Trailer01:03 Introduction01:58 Figuring things out07:30 Toughest lesson12:27 Bad mentor15:33 LIGO and Quantum Science19:34 Intuition26:01 LLMs30:47 Learning the outcome = winning35:07 Learnings from LIGO43:43 Black hole myths47:12 Outro

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