Episode 75: Categorical Probability and the Measurement Problem
Jim talks with Nick Ormrod and V. Vilasini about their use of categorical probability theory to analyze the measurement problem. We discuss categorical probability theory, which allows them to abstra...
20 Aug 20231h 7min
Episode 74: Stochastic Thermodynamics with David Wolpert
Jim talks with David Wolpert about the non-equilibrium behavior of computation, what it means for entropy, and how it relates to traditional thermodynamics.Show Notes: http://frontiers.physicsfm.com/7...
9 Juli 202350min
Episode 73: Quantum Money with Jiahui Liu
Jim discusses quantum money with Jiahui Liu. Quantum money is a linchpin of quantum cryptography. The ability to create secure banknotes using quantum computers would allow even more secure methods ...
18 Juni 20231h
Episode 72: Born Rule and Gravity with Antony Valentini
Jim talks with Antony Valentini about the difficulties of interpretation of quantum mechanics in light of quantum gravity. In particular, Antony discusses the failure of the Born Rule due to the impo...
23 Apr 20231h 13min
Episode 71: Primordial Graviton Background
Jim talks with Sunny Vagnozzi about using the Primoridial Graviton Background to rule out all inflation models. Show Notes: http://frontiers.physicsfm.com/71
19 Feb 202345min
Episode 70: Path Integrals and Entanglement with Ken Wharton
Jim talks with Ken Wharton about how to describe entangled states as sums over histories of particle paths using the path integral method. He shows how this works for Bell-type experiments, entanglem...
18 Dec 202246min
Episode 69: The Flavor Puzzle with Joe Davighi
Jim talks with Joe Davighi of the University of Zurich about the flavor unification at high energies - the merging of all leptons into one kind of particle. The discussion includes symmetries in part...
20 Nov 202243min
Episode 68: Quantum Resource Theories with Gilad Gour
Jim talks with Gilad Gour of the University of Toronto about quantum resource theories. These are theories of largish systems that describe the relationships between possible states by the different ...
26 Sep 202251min
