#497 – Biggest Mysteries in Physics: Antimatter, Dark Energy & ToE – Don Lincoln

The following is a conversation with Don Lincoln, a particle physicist at Fermi Lab, who has spent decades working at the frontier of high energy physics. This was a mind blowing and inspiring conversation. Don turned out to be one of my favorite people to talk to about physics. Truly a unique mind with that Richard Feynman ability of taking very complicated ideas and explaining them simply, without losing any of the essential brilliant insights at the core of those ideas. And now a quick few second mention of each sponsor, check them out in the description or

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