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In the gripping conclusion to their voyage of quantum discovery, Jocelyn and Bradley move beyond the weird and wild consequences of quantum mechanics to take on the biggest question of all: What does it all mean?
The hosts discuss how different approaches to resolving the “measurement problem” have led to different interpretations of quantum mechanics. In the process, they explore the difference between epistemology (what we know and how we know it) and ontology (the stuff the makes up reality), and how the most popular interpretations of quantum mechanics deal with this distinction. More generally, they discuss why some theories require interpretations in the first place, and if and how we can determine which interpretation of quantum mechanics is correct.
Links:
The Schrodinger Equation: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/schr.html
The Measurement Problem: https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Oxford_History_of_Twentieth_Century.html?id=WGvbAApi2roC&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1355219813000397?via%3Dihub
Copenhagen Interpretation: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-copenhagen/
The Many Worlds Interpretation:
Hugh Everett’s original thesis: https://archive.org/details/TheTheoryOfTheUniversalWaveFunction/mode/2up
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hugh-everett-biography/
https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/somethingdeeplyhidden/
Pilot-Wave Model or Bohmian Mechanics:
https://journals.aps.org/pr/abstract/10.1103/PhysRev.85.166
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlXdsyctD50
GRW or Objective Collapse Theory: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-collapse/
Quantum Bayesianism or QBism:
https://www.quantamagazine.org/quantum-bayesianism-explained-by-its-founder-20150604/
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/quantum-bayesian/
Quantum Darwinism:
https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.5082
https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.75.715
https://www.quantamagazine.org/quantum-darwinism-an-idea-to-explain-objective-reality-passes-first-tests-20190722/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27zMdaBgt6g
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The hosts discuss how different approaches to resolving the “measurement problem” have led to different interpretations of quantum mechanics. In the process, they explore the difference between epistemology (what we know and how we know it) and ontology (the stuff the makes up reality), and how the most popular interpretations of quantum mechanics deal with this distinction. More generally, they discuss why some theories require interpretations in the first place, and if and how we can determine which interpretation of quantum mechanics is correct.
Links:
The Schrodinger Equation: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/schr.html
The Measurement Problem: https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Oxford_History_of_Twentieth_Century.html?id=WGvbAApi2roC&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1355219813000397?via%3Dihub
Copenhagen Interpretation: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-copenhagen/
The Many Worlds Interpretation:
Hugh Everett’s original thesis: https://archive.org/details/TheTheoryOfTheUniversalWaveFunction/mode/2up
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hugh-everett-biography/
https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/somethingdeeplyhidden/
Pilot-Wave Model or Bohmian Mechanics:
https://journals.aps.org/pr/abstract/10.1103/PhysRev.85.166
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlXdsyctD50
GRW or Objective Collapse Theory: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-collapse/
Quantum Bayesianism or QBism:
https://www.quantamagazine.org/quantum-bayesianism-explained-by-its-founder-20150604/
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/quantum-bayesian/
Quantum Darwinism:
https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.5082
https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.75.715
https://www.quantamagazine.org/quantum-darwinism-an-idea-to-explain-objective-reality-passes-first-tests-20190722/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27zMdaBgt6g
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By Science! With FriendsIn the gripping conclusion to their voyage of quantum discovery, Jocelyn and Bradley move beyond the weird and wild consequences of quantum mechanics to take on the biggest question of all: What does it all mean?
The hosts discuss how different approaches to resolving the “measurement problem” have led to different interpretations of quantum mechanics. In the process, they explore the difference between epistemology (what we know and how we know it) and ontology (the stuff the makes up reality), and how the most popular interpretations of quantum mechanics deal with this distinction. More generally, they discuss why some theories require interpretations in the first place, and if and how we can determine which interpretation of quantum mechanics is correct.
Links:
The Schrodinger Equation: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/schr.html
The Measurement Problem: https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Oxford_History_of_Twentieth_Century.html?id=WGvbAApi2roC&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1355219813000397?via%3Dihub
Copenhagen Interpretation: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-copenhagen/
The Many Worlds Interpretation:
Hugh Everett’s original thesis: https://archive.org/details/TheTheoryOfTheUniversalWaveFunction/mode/2up
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hugh-everett-biography/
https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/somethingdeeplyhidden/
Pilot-Wave Model or Bohmian Mechanics:
https://journals.aps.org/pr/abstract/10.1103/PhysRev.85.166
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlXdsyctD50
GRW or Objective Collapse Theory: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-collapse/
Quantum Bayesianism or QBism:
https://www.quantamagazine.org/quantum-bayesianism-explained-by-its-founder-20150604/
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/quantum-bayesian/
Quantum Darwinism:
https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.5082
https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.75.715
https://www.quantamagazine.org/quantum-darwinism-an-idea-to-explain-objective-reality-passes-first-tests-20190722/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27zMdaBgt6g
Contact Science! With Friends (especially if you’re a scientist interested in a lively conversation about your science and science story) at Gmail or Twitter!
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The hosts discuss how different approaches to resolving the “measurement problem” have led to different interpretations of quantum mechanics. In the process, they explore the difference between epistemology (what we know and how we know it) and ontology (the stuff the makes up reality), and how the most popular interpretations of quantum mechanics deal with this distinction. More generally, they discuss why some theories require interpretations in the first place, and if and how we can determine which interpretation of quantum mechanics is correct.
Links:
The Schrodinger Equation: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/schr.html
The Measurement Problem: https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Oxford_History_of_Twentieth_Century.html?id=WGvbAApi2roC&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1355219813000397?via%3Dihub
Copenhagen Interpretation: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-copenhagen/
The Many Worlds Interpretation:
Hugh Everett’s original thesis: https://archive.org/details/TheTheoryOfTheUniversalWaveFunction/mode/2up
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hugh-everett-biography/
https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/somethingdeeplyhidden/
Pilot-Wave Model or Bohmian Mechanics:
https://journals.aps.org/pr/abstract/10.1103/PhysRev.85.166
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlXdsyctD50
GRW or Objective Collapse Theory: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-collapse/
Quantum Bayesianism or QBism:
https://www.quantamagazine.org/quantum-bayesianism-explained-by-its-founder-20150604/
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/quantum-bayesian/
Quantum Darwinism:
https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.5082
https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.75.715
https://www.quantamagazine.org/quantum-darwinism-an-idea-to-explain-objective-reality-passes-first-tests-20190722/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27zMdaBgt6g
Contact Science! With Friends (especially if you’re a scientist interested in a lively conversation about your science and science story) at Gmail or Twitter!
• Gmail: