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241 - Raphael Bousso: The Cold Truth About Quantum Mechanics

241 - Raphael Bousso: The Cold Truth About Quantum Mechanics

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Raphael Bousso is the Chancellor’s Chair in Physics at the
Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics, where he leads the
Bousso Group in research on quantum gravity and quantum
information. He is a renowned string theorist famous also for his
development of the string theoretic landscape and the Bousso
bound in holography. In this episode, Robinson and Raphael talk
about the foundations of quantum mechanics and whether or not
there are any deep mysteries within the theory that remain to be
solved, and whether philosophical discussion of these issues is
overblown. More particularly, they get into what quantum theories
tell us about the world, whether we need different
interpretations of quantum mechanics, whether the final theory of
the universe will be quantum mechanical, how quantum mechanics
connects to cosmology, the multiverse, and quantum gravity, and
more. The Bousso Group: https://lightsheet.berkeley.edu OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction 00:58 Raphael’s Interest in the
Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics 06:11 What Does Quantum
Mechanics Tell Us About the World? 19:43 Just What Is an
Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics? 26:17 Are There Serious
Holes in Quantum Mechanics? 31:01 Schrödinger’s Cat 45:11 UV
Completion 48:57 Will The Final Theory of Physics Be Quantum
Mechanical? 58:00 How Cosmology Might Help Answer Questions About
Quantum Mechanics 1:13:44 String Theory and the Multiverse
1:20:39 How the Multiverse Can Explain Probability 1:30:01 Will
the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics Help Us Solve Quantum
Gravity? Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com Robinson
Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
mathematics at Stanford University.