Episode 5: Counting Unvierses
Jim goes on a diatribe about infinities and the multiverse.
25 Loka 202132min
Entropy v. Entropy
In this episode, I discuss a paper talking about the relationship between physical entropy and information-theoretic entropy in the context of quantum communication.
19 Kesä 202021min
The Machine in the Ghost
This week, I talk about the fate of the universe in Bohmian Cosmology. Specifically, how Torres, Fabris, and Piattella use the de Broglie-Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics to modify the Wheele...
14 Touko 202024min
Itty Bitty Physics
I talk about a paper by John Archibald Wheeler, "Information, Physics, Quantum: The Search for Links." Show Notes: http://papers.physicsfm.com/2
30 Huhti 202032min
The Quantum Bookie
I talk about Quantum Bayesianism, the extension of the Bayesian interpretation of probability to quantum mechanics, through the work of Christopher Fuchs. Show Notes: http://papers.physicsfm.com/1
19 Huhti 202029min
PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 9 - Quantum Cats
Randy and Jim discuss the implications of Schroedinger's Cat. In light of the measurement problem, in light of the collapse of the wave function, how can you understand what is happening to a quantum...
5 Elo 20151h 5min
PhysicsFM - Quantum Paradoxes 8 - Measurement and Compensation
Jim and Randy discuss how "compensation forces" allow measurements of non-canonical variables without the difficulties discovered in the previous episode. They also discuss why some very important co...
2 Heinä 201542min
