Emily Adlam: Reality Is a Completed Puzzle, Not a Flowing River

Emily Adlam challenges time's flow, presenting an 'all-at-once' universe like a completed Sudoku puzzle. The conversation delves into quantum measurement, observer roles, causality, and the arrow of time, highlighting the need for both philosophical clarity and scientific precision.0:00 Introduction0:56 Observers in Quantum Mechanics2:15 The Measurement Problem6:23 Dogmas in Quantum Foundations8:24 Causation and Its Philosophical Implications9:12 The Arrow of Time and Its Mysteries10:28 Exploring Coarse Graining and Reductionism13:21 Non-Locality: Temporal vs. Spatial16:06 The Nature of Non-Locality19:34 Temporal Non-Locality and Its Implications21:51 Retrocausality: The All-at-Once Perspective26:25 The Measurement Problem and All-at-Once Framework28:24 Observer-Centric Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics31:29 Probabilities in Physics32:51 The Process Matrix and Causal Structures38:33 Foundations of Physics and Philosophy1:05 16 The Emergence of Space-Time1:08 11 Exploring Correlations in Physical Parameters1:10 44 Epistemology of the Measurement Problem1:13 26 Lessons in Patience and PersistenceSPONSORS:- I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE- Substack: personal writings https://curtjaimungal.substack.com- Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/SpotifyTOE- YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal- Crypto: https://nowpayments.io/donation/TOEEvery episode days early, ad-free, plus my essays: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/subscribeRESOURCES:- Emily's profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emily-Adlam- Spooky Action at a Temporal Distance (paper): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7512241/pdf/entropy-20-00041.pdf- Quantum Field Theory and the Limits of Reductionism (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2407.20457- Two Roads of Retrocausality (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.12934- Taxonomy for Physics Beyond Quantum Mechanics (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.12293- Strong Determinism (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2203.02886- Carlo Rovelli on TOE: https://youtu.be/hF4SAketEHY- Stephen Wolfram on TOE: https://youtu.be/0YRlQQw0d-4- Emily interviewed about Nonlocality: https://youtu.be/iR7aPlZg7dE&ab_channel=GeorgeMusser- Tim Palmer on TOE: https://youtu.be/vlklA6jsS8A- Tim Maudlin on TOE: https://youtu.be/fU1bs5o3nss- Algorithmic Randomness and Probabilistic Laws (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.01411- Governing Without a Fundamental Direction of Time (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2109.09226- Matt Segal on TOE: https://youtu.be/DeTm4fSXpbM- Jacob Barandes on TOE: https://youtu.be/7oWip00iXbo&list=PLZ7ikzmc6zlN6E8KrxcYCWQIHg2tfkqvR&index=33- Sabine Hossenfelder on TOE: https://youtu.be/E3y-Z0pgupg- Bernardo Kastrup and Sabine on TOE: https://youtu.be/kJmBmopxc1k&ab_channel=CurtJaimungal- Sean Carroll on TOE: https://youtu.be/9AoRxtYZrZo- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal features long-form, technically detailed interviews with leading researchers in physics, mathematics, consciousness, and philosophy, exploring topics at the level of active research. For academics, graduate students, and anyone seeking depth beyond popular science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices