
Tim Maudlin: Quantum Realism, Bell's Theorem, and the Pilot Wave
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Show Notes
- 00:00:00 - Introduction
- 00:01:53 - Philosophy of physics
- 00:04:18 - Physics without numbers
- 00:20:20 - Truth and mathematics
- 00:29:08 - Pythagoras on irrational numbers
- 00:31:31 - Geometry as core of reality
- 00:39:11 - Data errors (detector efficiency)
- 00:45:02 - Bell's theorem, non‑locality, realism
- 00:50:38 - Superdeterminism & retrocausality
- 01:27:08 - Quantum foundations books
- 01:31:10 - "Beables": what exists?
- 01:33:57 - Mathematical universe critique
- 01:38:31 - Spatialize time or temporalize space?
- 01:46:37 - Against Occam, Feynman, backward time
- 01:56:56 - Time is not illusion
- 02:01:50 - Quantum mechanics with observers
- 02:08:36 - Classifying quantum theories & Penrose
- 02:16:25 - Pilot wave theory overview
- 02:20:18 - Philosophy vs physics vs math
- 02:28:53 - Consciousness hardest question
- 02:32:28 - Disproofs of functionalism
- 02:37:15 - Wolfram
- 02:38:56 - Arrow of time
- 02:41:49 - Bergson, Einstein, Bohm
- 02:44:48 - Bell personal stories
- 02:50:54 - Causation, Pearle, mental sharpness
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