Transactional Quantum Mechanics - Dr. Ruth Kastner - DSPod #280

Dr. Ruth Kastner is a historian of Physics and philosopher of
Science who is preoccupied with rational interpretations of
quantum mechanics. She serves as the third pole of the
transactional quantum mechanics big tent where she, alongside
John Cramer and Carver Mead, argue that the apparent mysteries of
quantum mechanics can be rationalized by modeling everything from
light to gravity as an exchange between atoms. Our conversation
explores how she became enamored with this alternative approach
to physics, the question of how accurate our models really are
when it comes to the subatomic world, why the word "electron" is
hopelessly confused, and why moving backwards in space and time
aren't as different as they might seem at first glance. Sign up
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(00:00:00) Go! (00:05:21) Evolution of Transactional
Interpretations in Quantum Mechanics (00:07:12) Philosophical
Motivations Behind Transactional Interpretations (00:23:26)
Mechanistic vs. holistic views of nature (00:27:09) Quantum
mechanics and mechanistic explanations (00:32:24) Wave functions
and physical reality (00:46:14) Quantum Measurement and
Macroscopic Objects (00:49:00) Electron Energy Eigenstates and
Stability (00:55:44) Wave-Particle Duality and Transactional
Interpretation (00:59:51) Quantum Measurement Problem and Direct
Action Theory (01:00:46) Quantum Field Dynamics and Mutual
Communication (01:08:30) Future Influence on Present Actions
(01:11:03) Actualized vs. Possible Futures (01:14:19) Quantum
Indeterminacy and Hidden Variables (01:21:56) Free Will and
Determinism (01:31:15) Life as entropy and disorder (01:32:24)
Consciousness and non-human life forms (01:39:21) Complexity in
living systems (01:45:20) Challenges in quantum theory
interpretations (01:53:30) Ontology and Space-Time Concept
(01:55:07) Relativistic Quantum Direct Action Theory (02:00:47)
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