This is my fourth time speaking with Harvard’s Jacob Barandes! I never thought we’d speak this often, but it was clear after the first conversation that he will be an influential voice in quantum foundations, and a regular on Theories of Everything.
Today I’m so honored to bring you my favorite conversation with him. It’s the best one. If you’re a fan of his, he goes deeper here than anywhere else, and that’s saying plenty. We cover:
Why the 2022 Nobel Prize didn’t disprove hidden variables, contrary to popular press (and the winner Zeilinger agrees).
Why decoherence hides the measurement problem rather than solves it.
Bell’s theorem fails when you allow memory in physical laws.
Quantum fields don’t “fluctuate” like you’ve seen in visuals.
Deeper explanations of his indivisible stochastic approach (its pros, its cons, and future work).
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—Curt Jaimungal
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