# @worldsciencefestival on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=1ujf8rqAqU8
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- **Posted:** 2024-12-13T21:00:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

Bestselling author Benjamin Labatut joins Brian Greene for an exploration of the extremes of the human mind, centering on one of its most extraordinary incarnations—polymath John von Neumann--delving into existential dilemmas, moral quandaries, and the profound impacts of scientific discovery.

This program is part of the Big Ideas series, supported by the John Templeton Foundation. 

Participant: Benjamin Labatut
Moderator: Brian Greene

00:00 - Introduction
01:27 - Benjamin Labatut Introduction
02:23 - Introduction to Labatut's Maniac
03:56 - Pain and Woe Coming From the Faculty of Reason
09:30 - Father of AI, John von Neumann
14:01 - How AI Might Change Humanity
16:22 - Examining Extreme Personalities
18:20 - Kurt Gödel and Von Neumann
23:20 - Balancing the Rational with Belief
27:29 - Von Neumann's Conception of God
28:56 - Labatut's mixing of reality and imaginary
31:55 - Labatut's view of the medium of the novel
34:46 - Von Neumann's Desire for Legacy
39:48 - Labatut's view of mortality
42:21 - Credits

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