#299: Prof Giorgio Parisi - Nobel Prize Winning Physicist On How To Generate INCREDIBLE Ideas
Giorgio Parisi is a Nobel Prize winning theoretical Physicist and Professor of Quantum Theories at Sapienza University. In this episode today, Giorgio and I discuss: 00:00 - Introduction 00:25 - Why Giorgio chose Physics 02:22 - Was Giorgio a gifted child? 03:29 - Did Giorgio’s parents help him make his career choice? 05:16 - What was it like to lose the Nobel Prize 09:03 - Did losing the Nobel prize Make Giorgio a better scientist? 11:16 - How did Giorgio decide what to study 14:27 - The role of randomness and chance in Giorgio’s success 19:11 - The biggest obstacle that Giorgio had to overcome 21:37 - Overcoming setbacks 25:26 - How to generate ideas 28:41 - Richard Feynman 36:51 - Dr Becky, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Brian Cox 39:15 - The moment Giorgio found about he was going to win the Nobel Prize 41:01 - Emotions of winning the Nobel Prize 46:45 - Connect with Giorgio 48:30 - What makes a life worth living? Connect with us: https://freedompact.co.uk/newsletter (Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Newsletter) https://instagram.com/freedompact https://twitter.com/freedompactpod Email: freedompact@gmail.com https://Tiktok.com/personaldevelopment Buy Giorgio's latest book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flight-Starl...