Great Thinker: Edward Witten | March 5, 2013 

Michio Kaku casually sitting near the front!

Witten is a Mathematical Physics GIANT. He did foundational fundamental work on the math of String Theory.

Jim Simons in the front row.

Evidently a physicist did not record this video, as he/she would have (probably) been aware enough of the nature of photons to set the proper exposure for the projection screen, rather than the Dr. Witten (& the audience). Similar to a Zoom conference of scientists/engineers being degraded by (at least one of) them being unable to operate their device(s) (which, ironically, they may have had a hand in inventing) so they can take part in the group discussion.

Jim Simons sleeping in 36:00 minutes is hilarious

I'd never heard of him until Eric Weinstein sung his praises on the jre

This is like Jerry Springer for Aliens

Isaacs Newton described light as corpuscolar. It was not a novel or unknown idea in the 20th century.

3:54 Starts here

7:14 you can see an infamous michio kaku

At 10:50 the cameraman woke up from his nap.

📍 33:59

there's michio kaku on the left

Perhaps a future Nobel Prize winner and if so, would unify gravity and quantim field theory...and Trump Einstein...Sadly he won't see it from this planet

He resembles so much Sheldon Cooper, both in the astounding intelligence and in personality, they even research exactly the same field. As a matter of fact, in the fictional universe Sheldon was never an undisputed number 1 in string theory, whereas Witten is; Witten is THE guy for the string theories and he has unified them, implying that he is even smarter than Sheldon. I'm surprised Witten was never mentioned in the show, almost as if it's because Sheldon is supposed to be his equivalent in the BBT show, or maybe it's because of this aura of seriousness that Edward Witten has, that it was considered inappropriate to make references to him in a comedy show.

he's permanently processing his problems, he's thinking of other things while talking to these folks.

Hey look look There´s michio kaku

String Theory, Super Symmetry (SUSY), M Theory are wrong and experiments have put them to rest. Gravity is not a Force and therefore Gravity will never be Quantum. Nothing new has been added to theoretical physics since Planck, Einstein and Dirac. Witten is highly over-rated.

He's a mathematical power house, but a poor physicist who cares more about his ego & dumping his failed string theory on us (which has proven to be nowhere), than he does about observation, experimentation and indubitable proof. There, said it.

Great math but has nothing to do with reality, just a complicated game.

That title is a stretch.

He has spent his whole life dedicated to a dead-end delusion: string theory.

I Have Long Regarded Edward Witten As A Genius In Mathematics ; But . . . . I Must Say That He Should NEVER GIVE LECTURES Because He Is Utterly Difficult, If Not IMPOSSIBLE, To Understand. If He Wants To Give Lectures He Should Learn To SPEAK CLEARLY So As To Be UNDERSTOOD By Those Who Are Listening To Him. After-All, He Is Not Explaining Something Out of A "NOVEL" . . . . . There Is No Other Way For Me To Say This . . . . . . HE IS AN UTTERLY HOPELESS TEACHER. He Should Stick To Writing Books, Whereby He Would Have Lots of Time To Go Over What He Is Trying to Explain To The Reader, and Thus Pick-Up His Mistakes And Make Himself A Lot Clearer In What He Is Endeavouring To Impart Onto His Listeners. You May Have Recognised The Man With White Hair Sitting On The Left Front, Who Asked Edward Witten The Brilliant Question, "IF STRING THEORY HAS MANY SOLUTIONS, THEN IS IT POSSIBLE TO FIND A UNIQUE SOLUTION THAT WOULD EXPLAIN OUR UNIVERSE, OR DOES IT ALTERNATIVELY MEAN THAT THERE ARE MILLIONS OF UNIVERSES ? ? ? ? " --- The Man With The White Hair Who Asked THAT Brilliant Question Was Physicist Professor MICHIO KAKU.

Is this a joke i don't get?

Witten is the most overrated person ever. Period. Full stop. So many of us laugh behind his back.