November 24, 2017
MP3 FILE / 55 MINUTES / 53 MB
Real numbers are not (ontologically) real, says Nicolas Gisin; living in a Sudoku Universe, with Emily Adlam; FQXi launches a new essay contest and large grant round, with Anthony Aguirre and Jan Wallaczek; & fine-tuning quantum theory, with Matt Leifer.
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Emergent Quantum Mechanics--Special Edition
MP3 FILE / 55 MINUTES / 53 MB
Special edition of the podcast recorded at the Emergent Quantum Mechanics meeting in London.
Zeeya and Brendan chat to Nicolas Gisin, who argues that real numbers are not really real--and why that means that even classical physics is indeterministic, and the future is open. By contrast,
Emily Adlam makes the case for a deterministic 'Sudoku Universe.'
We have tips for the new essay contest, asking "What is Fundamental?"
FQXi and the Fetzer Franklin Fund launch a new large grant round, on Agency in the Physical World, as Anthony Aguirre and Jan Wallaczek explain.
And fine-tuning quantum theory, with Matt Leifer.
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