38:14 Living in a simulation based on natural laws is discussed, along with the dissatisfaction of these laws and the philosophical views of Einstein, Fineman, Bethe, and Feynman.
- The speaker discusses the idea of living in a simulation and suggests that while we may live in a computer program, it is based on the laws of nature rather than being programmed by someone for a specific purpose.
- The lecture discusses the laws by which a simulation functions and questions the satisfaction of these laws, while also referencing a statement made by Fineman about philosophers and science.
- The physicist disliked a certain style of philosophical thinking that was full of jargon and baloney, but was himself a deep philosopher.
- Einstein was a philosophical and moral person who disliked overly fancy mathematics and regretted his involvement in the invention of nuclear weapons.
- The speaker's advisor, Hans Bethe, was very active in nuclear disarmament and regretted his involvement in the creation of the bomb, while Richard Feynman did not express the same level of grief and focused solely on physics.