
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


When Quantum Goes Woo
Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by Bad Science author, Ben Goldacre, Professor of Particle Physics at Manchester University, Jeff Forshaw, and comedian Sara Pascoe. They'll be looking at why quantum physics, in particular, seems to attract some of the more fringe elements of pseudoscience and alternative medicine, and whether there is anything about the frankly weird quantum behaviour of particles, like the ability to seemingly be in two places at once, that really can be applied to the human condition. When spiritual healers and gurus talk about our own quantum energy and the power of quantum healing, is it simply a metaphor, or is there more to this esoteric branch of science that we could all learn from?
By BBC Radio 44.7
18461,846 ratings
When Quantum Goes Woo
Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by Bad Science author, Ben Goldacre, Professor of Particle Physics at Manchester University, Jeff Forshaw, and comedian Sara Pascoe. They'll be looking at why quantum physics, in particular, seems to attract some of the more fringe elements of pseudoscience and alternative medicine, and whether there is anything about the frankly weird quantum behaviour of particles, like the ability to seemingly be in two places at once, that really can be applied to the human condition. When spiritual healers and gurus talk about our own quantum energy and the power of quantum healing, is it simply a metaphor, or is there more to this esoteric branch of science that we could all learn from?

7,913 Listeners

523 Listeners

863 Listeners

1,067 Listeners

296 Listeners

5,576 Listeners

2,113 Listeners

4,873 Listeners

480 Listeners

428 Listeners

410 Listeners

756 Listeners

227 Listeners

471 Listeners

346 Listeners

235 Listeners

326 Listeners

3,245 Listeners

116 Listeners

73 Listeners

95 Listeners

689 Listeners

528 Listeners

630 Listeners

191 Listeners

394 Listeners

239 Listeners

54 Listeners

80 Listeners

413 Listeners

96 Listeners