Jim and Randy discuss how "compensation forces" allow measurements of non-canonical variables without the difficulties discovered in the previous episode.  They also discuss why some very important concepts of classical physics -- velocity and the electric field -- are not canonical.

PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 8 - Measurement and Compensation

Natural Sciences

Science & Medicine

Science

Jim goes on a diatribe about infinities and the multiverse.

Episode 5: Counting Unvierses

In this episode, I discuss a paper talking about the relationship between physical entropy and information-theoretic entropy in the context of quantum communication.

Entropy v. Entropy

This week, I talk about the fate of the universe in Bohmian Cosmology.  Specifically, how Torres, Fabris, and Piattella use the de Broglie-Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics to modify the Wheeler-De Witt equation in the an accelerating universe.

Show Notes: http://papers.physicsfm.com/3

The Machine in the Ghost

I talk about a paper by John Archibald Wheeler, "Information, Physics, Quantum: The Search for Links."

Show Notes: http://papers.physicsfm.com/2

Itty Bitty Physics

I talk about Quantum Bayesianism, the extension of the Bayesian interpretation of probability to quantum mechanics, through the work of Christopher Fuchs.

Show Notes: http://papers.physicsfm.com/1

PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 8 - Measurement and Compensation

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