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#140 | The Hidden Intelligence of the Universe

SMP LeaderTalks

8. April 2026

Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Gerd Ganteför

About unsolved mysteries, the origin of the universe, and extraterrestrial life.

0 h 57 Min

“We have absolutely no idea what kind of world we live in.”

Was, wenn unsere Realität nur ein Ausschnitt ist? Wenn das, was wir sehen, nicht die eigentliche Wirklichkeit darstellt, sondern erst durch Beobachtung entsteht? Moderne Physik stellt genau diese Fragen. Zwischen deterministischen Weltbildern und religiösen Deutungen entsteht ein Spannungsfeld, das viele Menschen verunsichert. Wir suchen nach Erklärungen und stoßen immer wieder an Grenzen. Vielleicht sind wir näher an der Wahrheit, als wir denken. Vielleicht aber auch nicht. Licht ins Dunkel bringt der Physiker Prof. Dr. Gerd Ganteför.

“Information plays a central role in nature.”

The professor emeritus of experimental physics has been grappling with precisely these boundary questions for decades. He combines insights from quantum physics with philosophical reflections and develops a radical thesis: alongside matter, there exists an immaterial plane—an information field—that makes our reality possible in the first place. His perspective breaks with classical models of thought and shows why neither purely materialistic nor religious explanations are sufficient. In conversation with Georgiy Michailov, they also discuss the limits of scientific knowledge, the role of AI as a tool rather than a threat, and the question of life in the universe.

*Video only in German

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