Phymaths podcast # 36 || Dr. Thomas Van Riet

*Description*
Thomas Van Riet is a theoretical physicist at KU Leuven, Belgium who works on problems of string theory and quantum gravity in general. The list of works of Dr. Riet can be found below.

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*Some links*
1) Dr. Riet's Twitter account: https://twitter.com/ThomasVanRiet2
2) Dr. Riet's works: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1024898?ui-citation-summary=true
3) PhyMaths podcast playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDpqC3uXLZGlADUuabl-_jlUoNTWb3oCW
4) Link to the high energy physics resources page on my website: https://hassaansaleem.com/graduate-level-theoretical-physics-resources-in-progress/

*Contact Info*
My website: hassaansaleem.com
Follow on Instagram: @hassaan.3142
Follow on Twitter: @Hassaan_PHY
Email Queries: [email protected]

*Time stamps*
0:00 Coming Up
0:26 Intro
0:40 Introduction of the guest
1:08 Getting deSitter spacetime from string theory
7:21 String theorists and phenomenology
10:24 Addressing criticisms of String Theory
18:30 Swampland program
20:33 Bad Criticisms of String Theory
29:28 Does this criticism affect the funding?
36:04 Problems with faculty positions
41:29 How to attack bad criticism of string theory?
47:11 Missing topics from popular science
50:40 Some great qualities of string theory
53:56 Are extra dimensions inevitable?
58:59 They aren't "dimensions". It is "central charge"
1:01:34 Understanding AdS landscape
1:12:31 String theory says "No tensor modes"?
1:16:20 Using generalized symmetries
1:19:14 Goodbye

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