Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Scott Aaronson: The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Math


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Scott Aaronson joins us to explore quantum computing, complexity theory, Ai, superdeterminism, consciousness, and free will.

 

TIMESTAMPS:

- 00:00:00 Introduction

- 00:02:27 Turing universality & computational efficiency

- 00:12:35 Does prediction undermine free will?

- 00:15:16 Newcomb's paradox

- 00:23:05 Quantum information & no-cloning

- 00:33:42 Chaos & computational irreducibility

- 00:38:33 Brain duplication, Ai, & identity

- 00:46:43 Many-worlds, Copenhagen, & Bohm's interpretation  

- 01:03:14 Penrose's view on quantum gravity and consciousness

- 01:14:46 Superposition explained: misconceptions of quantum computing  

- 01:21:33 Wolfram's physics project critique

- 01:31:37 P vs NP explained (complexity classes demystified)

- 01:53:40 Classical vs quantum computation

- 02:03:25 The "pretty hard" problem of consciousness (critiques of IIT)

 

NOTE: The perspectives expressed by guests don't necessarily mirror my own. There's a versicolored arrangement of people on TOE, each harboring distinct viewpoints, as part of my endeavor to understand the perspectives that exist.

 

THANK YOU: To Mike Duffy, of https://dailymystic.org for your insight, help, and recommendations on this channel.  

 

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LINKS MENTIONED:

- Scott's Blog: https://scottaaronson.blog/

- Newcomb's Paradox (Scott's Blog Post): https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=30

- A New Kind of Science (Stephen Wolfram): https://amzn.to/47BTiaf

- Jonathan Gorard's Papers: https://arxiv.org/search/gr-qc?searchtype=author&query=Gorard,+J

- Boson Sampling (Alex Arkhipov and Scott Aaronson): https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.3245

- Podcast w/ Tim Maudlin on TOE (Solo): https://youtu.be/fU1bs5o3nss

- Podcast w/ Tim Palmer on TOE: https://youtu.be/883R3JlZHXE

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