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Nicolas Gisin: Free Will, Quantum Gravity, and Why Time Is Real
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Nicolas Gisin: Free Will, Quantum Gravity, and Why Time Is Real

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/jcHzgy0I6gk Nicolas Gisin is Professor of Physics, specializing in the foundations of quantum mechanics, at the University of Geneva. Sponsors: https://brilliant.org/TOE for 20% off. For Algo's podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9IfRw1QaTglRoX0sN11AQQ and website https://www.algo.com/. Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802 Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch LINKS MENTIONED: -Quantum Chance by Nicholas Gisin (affiliate): https://amzn.to/3KPHG8x -Sabine Hossenfelder's Superdeterminism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytyjgIyegDI TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:38 Gisin's "Quantum Chance" book is a friendly introduction to QM 00:06:36 Consciousness is outside today's physics and may always be 00:07:48 Indeterminacy is necessary but not sufficient for free will 00:09:37 Free will is necessary for "rationality" to exist 00:10:40 Free will comes FIRST in the "logical order" 00:21:39 What does mathematics have to say about free will and consciousness? 00:27:18 Intuitionism vs Constructionism 00:28:22 Classical physics is NOT deterministic 00:34:27 Does he agree with Stephen Wolfram that it's computation underlying physics? 00:36:06 Time is "thick" like molasses 00:40:21 Intuitionist mathematics and law of excluded middle 00:42:57 Graham Priest's paraconsistent logic and other forms of logic 00:49:32 A new understanding of time is needed for Quantum Gravity 00:52:55 Discrete spacetime? Perhaps not 00:53:21 Philosophy of Jules Lequier 00:55:15 On Sabine Hossenfelder's views on free will 00:58:33 Superdeterminism 01:01:52 Is indeterminacy truly necessary for free will? 01:03:39 Many Worlds is nonsense 01:05:37 Should logic be the basis of mathematics? 01:10:00 Which approach to quantum gravity does Gisin favor? 01:10:17 [Stephen Robbins] Bergson? 01:11:23 [Complex Plane @kekule6] Chomsky and denial of free will by physicists is an attempt to make evidence fit a model * * * Just wrapped (April 2021) a documentary called Better Left Unsaid http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com on the topic of "when does the left go too far?" Visit that site if you'd like to watch it.

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal · Theories of Everything

February 13, 20221h 18m

Show Notes

Nicolas Gisin (University of Geneva) argues time is NOT an illusion while defending quantum free will They discuss quantum chance, superdeterminism, and Gisin’s views on quantum gravity and the logical foundations of physics.

- 00:00:00 - Introduction
- 00:03:38 - Gisin's "Quantum Chance" book is a friendly introduction to QM
- 00:06:36 - Consciousness is outside today's physics and may always be
- 00:07:48 - Indeterminacy is necessary but not sufficient for free will
- 00:09:37 - Free will is necessary for "rationality" to exist
- 00:10:40 - Free will comes FIRST in the "logical order"
- 00:21:39 - What does mathematics have to say about free will and consciousness?
- 00:27:18 - Intuitionism vs Constructionism
- 00:28:22 - Classical physics is NOT deterministic
- 00:34:27 - Does he agree with Stephen Wolfram that it's computation underlying physics?
- 00:36:06 - Time is "thick" like molasses
- 00:40:21 - Intuitionist mathematics and law of excluded middle
- 00:42:57 - Graham Priest's paraconsistent logic and other forms of logic
- 00:49:32 - A new understanding of time is needed for Quantum Gravity
- 00:52:55 - Discrete spacetime? Perhaps not
- 00:53:21 - Philosophy of Jules Lequier
- 00:55:15 - On Sabine Hossenfelder's views on free will
- 00:58:33 - Superdeterminism
- 01:01:52 - Is indeterminacy truly necessary for free will?
- 01:03:39 - Many Worlds is nonsense
- 01:05:37 - Should logic be the basis of mathematics?
- 01:10:00 - Which approach to quantum gravity does Gisin favor?
- 01:10:17 - [Stephen Robbins] Bergson?
- 01:11:23 - [Complex Plane @kekule6] Chomsky and denial of free will by physicists is an attempt to make evidence fit a model

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- Sabine Hossenfelder's Superdeterminism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytyjgIyegDI
- http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com

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