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

AMA | March 2026

March 2, 2026·3 hr 53 min·5 clips
Sean Carroll reveals a new paper identifying four distinct faces of information, from engineering to ontology.
In this AMA episode, Sean Carroll answers listener questions on topics ranging from information theory and quantum mechanics to time travel in movies and the role of AI in science. He shares insights from his ongoing research, critiques popular science fiction, and explores fundamental physics concepts in an accessible way.

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A wide-ranging AMA that keeps information theory, early galaxies, and black-hole entropy clear without inflating the drama.

Sean Carroll's March 2026 SB Anything session begins with a co-authored information-theory paper in progress, led by Fernando Rosas at Sussex and presented as a review-style effort to sort out what information means in different settings.

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If JWST headlines have felt noisy, this AMA helps you sort signal from hype.

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