AaS! 191: What is the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics? (Part 9: Both/And)
Ask a Spaceman!
Paul M. Sutter
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🗓️ 3 January 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Part 9! What is the role of consciousness in quantum mechanics, if there even is one? Is there any way at all to develop a coherent view of nature based on quantum mechanics? What are the ultimate lessons that we can learn from quantum mechanics? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!
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| 0:00.0 | Before I dig into today's topic, I wanted to mention that this episode is brought to you by my friends at CHRP. |
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| 0:42.1 | My next pick is The World According to Physics by Jim Al Khalili. |
| 0:47.8 | Physics underlies our everyday world in countless visible and invisible ways. And I believe that physics is a powerful tool for understanding and appreciating our world. |
| 0:53.6 | It's not just a set of equations and formulas. |
| 0:55.9 | It's a deeper layer. Like, knowledge of refraction and wavelengths doesn't make sunsets less |
| 1:01.7 | beautiful. It adds a layer of beauty and mystery and wonder. The world, according to physics, |
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| 1:39.4 | I told myself that I wouldn't let this series go beyond eight episodes. |
| 1:45.5 | That eight was the absolute limit, the tippy top. |
| 1:48.6 | Anything beyond eight would just end up being self-indulgent. |
| 1:53.3 | Because if I didn't stop at eight, then I might as well go to 20 or 50 or a thousand episodes on quantum mechanics. |
| 2:02.3 | Folks, we've barely scratched the thinnest edge of the outermost layer of the topmost |
| 2:09.7 | surface of quantum mechanics. |
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