Jacob Barandes, physicist and philosopher of science at Harvard University, talks about realism vs. anti-realism, Humeanism, primitivism, quantum physics, Hilbert spaces, quantum decoherence, measurement problem, Wigner's Friend thought experiment, philosophy of physics, the quantum-stochastic correspondence and indivisible stochastic processes.

Jacob: https://www.jacobbarandes.com/

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TIMELINE

0:00 Introduction

1:21 Realism vs. Anti-realism

27:15 Humeanism vs. Primitivism

37:08 What Is Quantum Theory?

41:11 What Is A Hilbert Space?

44:34 What Is Quantum Theory? (Contd.)

58:37 Measurement Problem & Wigner’s Friend

1:04:31 The Limitations of Quantum Theory

1:23:03 Quantum Decoherence

1:32:29 Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

1:48:04 Problems With Other Interpretations

1:57:25 Indivisible Stochastic Theory

2:15:06 Probabilities & Randomness

2:34:17 Philosophy of Physics

2:42:35 Role of Beauty In Physics

2:47:34 Criticisms of Indivisible Stochastics

2:57:30 The Problem With Bell’s Inequality

3:08:39 Lego Interpretation

3:09:58 Inspirations (Books, Movies, Role Models)

3:25:01 Meaning of Life

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