Randy and Jim discuss the implications of Schroedinger's Cat.  In light of the measurement problem, in light of the collapse of the wave function, how can you understand what is happening to a quantum mechanical system?

PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 9 - Quantum Cats

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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 9 - Quantum Cats

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