HIGHLIGHTS: Saul Perlmutter

In this episode of "In Good Company," host Nicolai Tangen interviews Nobel laureate Saul Perlmutter, author of "Third Millennium Thinking." Perlmutter discusses how scientific methods can help navigate an uncertain world and solve global problems by improving communication and collaboration. He emphasizes the importance of "individual humility and collective arrogance" in scientific discovery, highlighting the role of questioning assumptions and identifying mistakes. Perlmutter also shares insights into managing large scientific teams and the challenges of long-term research, using his Nobel Prize-winning work on the accelerating expansion of the universe as an example. The conversation concludes with a discussion about the concept of an expanding infinite universe and Perlmutter's personal views on space travel.