{"id":98052,"date":"2019-11-01T13:23:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T20:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/sean-carroll-quantum-mechanics-and-the-many-worlds-interpretation"},"modified":"2019-11-01T13:23:12","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T20:23:12","slug":"sean-carroll-quantum-mechanics-and-the-many-worlds-interpretation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/sean-carroll-quantum-mechanics-and-the-many-worlds-interpretation","title":{"rendered":"Sean Carroll: Quantum Mechanics and the Many-Worlds Interpretation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iNqqOLscOBY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist at Caltech and Santa Fe Institute specializing in quantum mechanics, arrow of time, cosmology, and gravitation. He is the author of several popular books including his latest on quantum mechanics (Something Deeply Hidden) and is a host of a great podcast called Mindscape. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second time Sean has been on the podcast. You can watch the first time here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l-NJrvyRo0c\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l-NJrvyRo0c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>INFO:<br \/> Podcast website:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/ai\">https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/ai<\/a><br \/> iTunes:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/2lwqZIr\">https:\/\/apple.co\/2lwqZIr<\/a><br \/> Spotify:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/spoti.fi\/2nEwCF8\">https:\/\/spoti.fi\/2nEwCF8<\/a><br \/> RSS:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/category\/ai\/feed\/\">https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/category\/ai\/feed\/<\/a><br \/> Full episodes playlist:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lex Fridman Podcast\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/> Clips playlist:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lex Fridman Podcast Clips\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>EPISODE LINKS:<br \/> Something Deeply Hidden: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2C5h40V\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2C5h40V<\/a><br \/> Sean\u2019s twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanmcarroll\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanmcarroll<\/a><br \/> Sean\u2019s website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/\">https:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/<\/a><br \/> Mindscape podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/podcast\/\">https:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/podcast\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OUTLINE:<br \/> 0:00 \u2014 Introduction<br \/> 1:23 \u2014 Capacity of human mind to understand physics.<br \/> 10:49 \u2014 Perception vs reality<br \/> 12:29 \u2014 Conservation of momentum<br \/> 17:20 \u2014 Difference between math and physics.<br \/> 20:10 \u2014 Why is our world so compressable.<br \/> 22:53 \u2014 What would Newton think of quantum mechanics.<br \/> 25:44 \u2014 What is quantum mechanics?<br \/> 27:54 \u2014 What is an atom?<br \/> 30:34 \u2014 What is the wave function?<br \/> 32:30 \u2014 What is quantum entanglement?<br \/> 35:19 \u2014 What is Hilbert space?<br \/> 37:32 \u2014 What is entropy?<br \/> 39:31 \u2014 Infinity<br \/> 42:43 \u2014 Many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.<br \/> 1:01:13 \u2014 Quantum gravity and the emergence of spacetime.<br \/> 1:08:34 \u2014 Our branch of reality in many-worlds interpretation.<br \/> 1:10:40 \u2014 Time travel<br \/> 1:12:54 \u2014 Arrow of time<br \/> 1:16:18 \u2014 What is fundamental in physics.<br \/> 1:16:58 \u2014 Quantum computers<br \/> 1:17:42 \u2014 Experimental validation of many-worlds and emergent spacetime.<br \/> 1:19:53 \u2014 Quantum mechanics and the human mind.<br \/> 1:21:51 \u2014 Mindscape podcast<\/p>\n<p>CONNECT:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/sean-carroll-quantum-mechanics-and-the-many-worlds-interpretation\">Continue reading \u201cSean Carroll: Quantum Mechanics and the Many-Worlds Interpretation\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist at Caltech and Santa Fe Institute specializing in quantum mechanics, arrow of time, cosmology, and gravitation. 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