What Don Lincoln has said about Dark energy
2 quotes · 1 episode · May 29, 2026
Don Lincoln, Particle physicist at Fermilab, author and science communicator, has been quoted on Dark energy 2 times in 1 episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, most recently on May 29, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Lincoln describes the quantum field theory prediction of vacuum energy as 10^120 times larger than the measured dark energy.
“that number is the rather embarrassing 10 to the 120 power times. That's a one with 120 zeros after it. bigger than the measurement of dark energy”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #497 – Biggest Mysteries in Physics: Antimatter, Dark Energy & ToE – Don Lincoln (May 29, 2026) · Listen from 2:23:55
Lincoln cautions that a recent measurement suggesting dark energy is decreasing is unconfirmed and should not yet be believed.
“there has been a recent measurement that suggests that dark energy is getting smaller. However, that is a new measurement, not confirmed”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #497 – Biggest Mysteries in Physics: Antimatter, Dark Energy & ToE – Don Lincoln (May 29, 2026) · Listen from 2:29:57
Episodes
#497 – Biggest Mysteries in Physics: Antimatter, Dark Energy & ToE – Don LincolnLex Fridman Podcast · May 29, 2026 · 3 h 2 min
Fermilab physicist Don Lincoln talks with Lex Fridman about unification in physics, the Higgs boson, string theory, antimatter, dark energy, and dark matter.
Don Lincoln on other topics
- Dark matter · 3 quotes
- Higgs boson · 3 quotes
- Theory of everything · 3 quotes
- Antimatter · 2 quotes
- String theory · 2 quotes
- Baryogenesis · 1 quote
- Loop quantum gravity · 1 quote