Jacob Barandes, physicist and philosopher of science at Harvard University, talks about realism vs. anti-realism, Humeanism, primitivism, quantum physics, Hilbert spaces, quantum decoherence, measurement problem, Wigner's Friend thought experiment, philosophy of physics, the quantum-stochastic correspondence and indivisible stochastic processes.
Jacob: https://www.jacobbarandes.com/
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TIMELINE
0:00 Introduction
1:21 Realism vs. Anti-realism
27:15 Humeanism vs. Primitivism
37:08 What Is Quantum Theory?
41:11 What Is A Hilbert Space?
44:34 What Is Quantum Theory? (Contd.)
58:37 Measurement Problem & Wigner’s Friend
1:04:31 The Limitations of Quantum Theory
1:23:03 Quantum Decoherence
1:32:29 Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
1:48:04 Problems With Other Interpretations
1:57:25 Indivisible Stochastic Theory
2:15:06 Probabilities & Randomness
2:34:17 Philosophy of Physics
2:42:35 Role of Beauty In Physics
2:47:34 Criticisms of Indivisible Stochastics
2:57:30 The Problem With Bell’s Inequality
3:08:39 Lego Interpretation
3:09:58 Inspirations (Books, Movies, Role Models)
3:25:01 Meaning of Life
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