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Does Many Worlds Explain Quantum Probabilities?

2023-11-30 Education
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Check Out our NEW MERCH Store! For 15% Off Use the Code: PBS https://crowdmade.com/collections/pbsspacetime Principle of Indifference Proof: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qsYNMb6OK3ZbJADE0jDXWsjp6OtijPBS/view?usp=sharing Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime The mystery of what happens when we go from a superposition to a definite state is known as the Measurement Problem, and it’s arguably the most mysterious outstanding problem in physics. The different interpretations of quantum mechanics are really about solving the measurement problem. But Many Worlds offers one thing that the other interpretations do not: there’s no collapse of the wavefunction - which might be the key to solving the measurement problem? Sign up for the mailing list to get episode notifications and hear special announcements! https://mailchi.mp/1a6eb8f2717d/spacetime Search the Entire Space Time Library Here: https://search.pbsspacetime.com/ Hosted by Matt O'Dowd Written by Taha Dawoodbhoy & Matt O'Dowd Post Production by Leonardo Scholzer, Yago Ballarini & Stephanie Faria Directed by Andrew Kornhaber Associate Producer: Bahar Gholipour Executive Producers: Eric Brown & Andrew Kornhaber Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing Assistant Director of Programming for PBS: John Campbell Spacetime is produced by Kornhaber Brown for PBS Digital Studios. This program is produced by Kornhaber Brown, which is solely responsible for its content. © 2023 PBS. All rights reserved. End Credits Music by J.R.S. Schattenberg: https://www.youtube.com/user/MultiDroideka Space Time Was Made Possible In Part By: Big Bang Sponsors Bryce Fort Peter Barrett David Neumann Sean Maddox Alexander Tamas Morgan Hough Juan Benet Vinnie Falco Fabrice Eap Mark Rosenthal Quasar Sponsors Glenn Sugden Alex Kern Ethan Cohen Stephen Wilcox Mark Heising Hypernova Sponsors Stephen Spidle Chris Webb David Giltinan Ivari Tölp Zachary Wilson Kenneth See Gregory Forfa Bradley Voorhees Scott Gorlick Paul Stehr-Green Ben Delo Scott Gray Антон Кочков Robert Ilardi John R. Slavik Donal Botkin Edmund Fokschaner chuck zegar Jordan Young Daniel Muzquiz Gamma Ray Burst Supporters Tomaz Lovsin Anthony Leon Billy Holland Leonardo Schulthais Senna Lori Ferris James Sadler Dennis Van Hoof Koen Wilde Nicolas Katsantonis Piotr Sarnicki Massimiliano Pala Thomas Nielson Joe Pavlovic Justin Lloyd Chuck Lukaszewski Cole B Combs Andrea Galvagni Jerry Thomas Nikhil Sharma Ryan Moser John Anderson Scott Hannum Bradley Ulis Craig Falls Kane Holbrook Ross Story Teng Guo Mason Dillon Harsh Khandhadia Susan Albee Matt Quinn Michael Lev Terje Vold James Trimmier Jeremy Soller Paul Wood Joe Moreira Kent Durham Jim Bartosh Ramon Nogueira John H. Austin, Jr. Diana S Poljar Faraz Khan Almog Cohen Daniel Jennings Russ Creech Jeremy Reed David Johnston Michael Barton Isaac Suttell Oliver Flanagan Bleys Goodson Mark Delagasse Mark Daniel Cohen Shane Calimlim Tybie Fitzhugh Eric Kiebler Craig Stonaha Frederic Simon John Robinson Jim Hudson Alex Gan David Barnholdt John Funai Bradley Jenkins Vlad Shipulin Cody Brumfield Thomas Dougherty King Zeckendorff Dan Warren Joseph Salomone Patrick Sutton Dean Faulk

Top Comments (10)

@StefanoBorini 2023-11-30

the best thing about this channel is that I have a PhD in quantum chemistry and this guy is taking all my knowledge on the topic, turning it inside out, and giving me a deeper understanding of it 20 years later. it feels glorious.

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@paulwood6729 2023-11-30

Good lord, this was one of the most mind-bending episodes and I've been following this channel for years.

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@bipolarminddroppings 2023-11-30

My older brother has a daughter who is a bit of a physics nerd, she's 11, he asked me, the one who actually studied this stuff, if I could explain superposition to her. I said "yes, I can, but neither she nor I will understand what I'm saying"

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@nishgriff1 2023-12-01

I've been watching for five years, and this one was the hardest to grasp of all of them. Not because it was presented poorly, but because maybe I reached my brain's limit to understand :)

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@noahwilliams8996 2023-11-30

I like how I either understand this as something that's obvious, or I don't understand it at all, and I appear to be in a quantum superposition of the two and I can't know yet which one I'm in. 🤔

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@JonCofer 2023-12-05

I love listening to this channel even when I don’t understand all the concepts. Over time I pick up bits and pieces that help me to understand future episodes just a little bit more. This one had some great concepts that I understood, but when we start talking actual equations, my brain shuts itself off lol Great work as always. Love this program

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@five-toedslothbear 2023-11-30

9:36 right about here, I moved from the world where the comma is inside the quote mark, to the world where the comma is outside the quote mark.

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@enda320 2023-11-30

My brother has a jacuzzi with a wave function.

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@patricktherrien5310 2023-12-01

The bundle idea reminds me of Feynman's path integral formulation.

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