Top Scientist REVEALS: We Invented Heaven, God Is A Human Invention! | Prof Brian Greene
August 17, 2026 · 2 h 11 min
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Professor Brian Greene reveals the biggest questions science still can’t answer, whether we’re living in a simulation, why AI may deserve human rights, and what happens at the end of the universe!
Professor Brian Greene is a theoretical physicist, mathematician, and Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Columbia University, where he also directs the Center for Theoretical Physics. He is a leading researcher in string theory, the co-founder of the World Science Festival, and the bestselling author of several books, including ‘Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe’.
He explains: ◼ Why most physicists believe time travel into the future is already possible ◼ Why he believes humans don't actually have free will ◼ How string theory could reveal what everything in the universe is really made of ◼ Why the "Pale Blue Dot" changes how you see your own life and problems ◼ Why the search for meaning may matter more than finding the answer itself
Chapters
• Intro • The Big Question Science Is Trying to Answer • How String Theory Could Explain Our Universe • How Could We Ever Prove String Theory Is Real? • What Makes the Strings in String Theory Vibrate? • Can String Theory Explain Why We’re Here? • What If We’re Living in a Simulation? • How Can Physics Explain Human Emotions? • Could Humans One Day Manufacture Emotions? • Would Knowing We’re in a Simulation Change Anything? • Could Humans and AI Eventually Merge? • Could Humans Ever Achieve Immortality? • How Knowing We’ll Die Shapes Every Decision We Make • Why Are We Here? The Optimistic and Pessimistic Answers • How Did Gods and Religions First Emerge? • What’s the Most Compelling Case for a God? • How Can We Comprehend Billions of Years? • Does Our Place in the Universe Make Us Insignificant? • How Big Is the Observable Universe, Really? • What Exists Beyond the Observable Universe? • Why Are Humans So Obsessed With Aliens? • Ads • What Is the Meaning of Life? • Is Free Will Actually Real? • What If Consciousness Is the Foundation of Reality? • Are Animals Conscious Like We Are? • What If the Universe Isn’t Infinite? • Could Aliens Have Already Visited Earth? • Could Humans Ever Travel Across the Universe? • How Time Travel Could Actually Be Possible • Who Was the Smartest Person Who Ever Lived? • Could AI Become the Next Einstein or Newton? • Ads • How AI Could Accelerate Science—and Even Tackle Mortality • Could AI Evolve Faster Than Humans Ever Could? • Could AI Become an Existential Threat to Humanity? • Can AI Ever See the World the Way Humans Do? • What Happens to Humanity in an Age of Abundance? • C