Dr. Jeremy England | Does the Torah Align with Modern Cosmology & Paleontology? 7 Days of Creation?

• Episode 23: Dr. Jeremy England "Torah & Quantum Mechanics" (Part 3 of 4)
• In this episode, we discuss Dr. England's origin story, how he connected to his Jewish roots, his famous moniker as "the next Darwin", and what it's like to have a character in Dan Brown's book based off of him. He addressed the following topics: Do most scientists understand what science is? What does this have to do with the perceived conflict between biblical religion and science? Should we be trying to figure out if the Torah agrees with or “knows about” the discoveries of modern cosmology or paleontology? Did Chazal understand quantum mechanics? And what are the seven "days" of Ma'aseh Bereshit talking about?
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• Bio: Dr. England is a theoretical biophysicist who lives in Modiin, Israel. He was raised Jewish but did not study Judaism until he attended graduate school at Oxford University. He now considers himself an Orthodox Jew. He earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Harvard in 2003. After being awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, he studied at St. John's College, Oxford, from 2003 until 2005. He earned his Ph.D. in physics at Stanford in 2009. In 2011, he joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Physics Department as an Assistant Professor. In 2019, he joined GlaxoSmithKline as a Senior Director in artificial intelligence and machine learning. He received semikha from Rav Chaim Brovender, and enjoys studying topics at the intersection of Torah and scientific reasoning. His recent book, titled Every Life is On Fire, is about the burning bush, statistical physics, and the boundary between living and non-living matter. England has developed a hypothesis of the physics of the origins of life, that he calls 'dissipation-driven adaptation'. The hypothesis holds that random groups of molecules can self-organize to more efficiently absorb and dissipate heat from the environment. His hypothesis states that such self-organizing systems are an inherent part of the physical world. Pulitzer-Prize winning science historian Edward J. Larson said that if England can demonstrate his hypothesis to be true, "he could be the next Darwin." A fictionalized version of England and his 'dissipation-driven adaptation' theory features in Dan Brown's novel Origin.
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