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AMA | March 2026

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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When can an effective theory be fundamental?

Carroll discusses effective field theories, criteria for fundamentality, and why we can't be certain of final theories.

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