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Sean Carroll: Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
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better understood as a pre-existing universe splitting into two skinnier universes, analogous to the conservation of arrow-ness when a vector is expressed as the sum of two vectors pointing along x and y axes.', 'The accelerating universe implies a horizon around us, leading to a finite number of possibilities within that horizon, potentially limiting the branching of the wave function of the universe and resulting in a phase of empty space.', 'The question of whether the Hilbert space is finite or infinite dimensional is connected to gravity and cosmology, with the discovery of the accelerating universe in 1998 indicating a potential link to the dimensionality of Hilbert space.', 'The chapter explains the concept of separate worlds It discusses different components that do not interact with each other and are referred to as separate worlds.', 'Distinguishing between systems and their environments It emphasizes the differentiation between systems and their environments, providing clarity on their relationship.', "The environment is all the degrees of freedom, all the things going on in the world that you don't keep track of The environment is defined as encompassing all untracked elements and degrees of freedom in the world."]}, {'end': 1105.186, 'segs': [{'end': 545.958, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 525.67, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 537.247, 'text': "So to somebody who brings up a question of saying, doesn't this violate the conservation of energy? Can you give further elaboration? Right.", 'start': 525.67, 'duration': 11.577}, {'end': 539.911, 'text': "So let's just be super duper perfectly clear.", 'start': 537.287, 'duration': 2.624}, {'end': 541.593, 'text': "There's zero question.", 'start': 540.332, 'duration': 1.261}, {'end': 544.977, 'text': 'about whether or not many worlds violates conservation of energy.', 'start': 542.094, 'duration': 2.883}, {'end': 545.958, 'text': 'Yes It does not.', 'start': 545.017, 'duration': 0.941}], 'summary': 'Many worlds theory does not violate conservation of energy.', 'duration': 20.288, 'max_score': 525.67, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/kxvQ3Wyw2M4/pics/kxvQ3Wyw2M4525670.jpg'}, {'end': 764.135, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 740.789, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 748.611, 'text': "So if you had a debate between quantum mechanical contenders, there'd be no problem getting 12 people up there on stage,", 'start': 740.789, 'duration': 7.822}, {'end': 750.371, 'text': 'but there would still be only three front runners.', 'start': 748.611, 'duration': 1.76}, {'end': 754.272, 'text': 'And right now the frontrunners would be Everett.', 'start': 752.411, 'duration': 1.861}, {'end': 757.733, 'text': 'Hidden variable theories are another one.', 'start': 755.512, 'duration': 2.221}, {'end': 764.135, 'text': "So the hidden variable theories say that the wave function is real, but there's something in addition to the wave function.", 'start': 757.753, 'duration': 6.382}], 'summary': 'In a quantum debate, 12 contenders, 3 front runners: everett and hidden variable theories.', 'duration': 23.346, 'max_score': 740.789, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/kxvQ3Wyw2M4/pics/kxvQ3Wyw2M4740789.jpg'}, {'end': 1006.974, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 975.929, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 980.392, 'text': 'as opposed to an epistemic interpretation of the wave function, epistemology being the study of what we know.', 'start': 975.929, 'duration': 4.463}, {'end': 983.994, 'text': 'I would actually just love to see that debate on stage.', 'start': 980.412, 'duration': 3.582}, {'end': 987.917, 'text': 'There was a version of it on stage at the World Science Festival a few years ago.', 'start': 984.875, 'duration': 3.042}, {'end': 989.678, 'text': 'that you can look up online.', 'start': 988.697, 'duration': 0.981}, {'end': 990.679, 'text': 'On YouTube? Yep.', 'start': 989.818, 'duration': 0.861}, {'end': 991.4, 'text': "It's on YouTube.", 'start': 990.879, 'duration': 0.521}, {'end': 992.881, 'text': 'Okay Awesome.', 'start': 991.78, 'duration': 1.101}, {'end': 994.022, 'text': "I'll link it and watch it.", 'start': 993.041, 'duration': 0.981}, {'end': 996.124, 'text': 'Who won? I won.', 'start': 994.703, 'duration': 1.421}, {'end': 998.426, 'text': "I don't know.", 'start': 998.026, 'duration': 0.4}, {'end': 999.347, 'text': 'There was no vote.', 'start': 998.446, 'duration': 0.901}, {'end': 1000.128, 'text': 'There was no vote.', 'start': 999.367, 'duration': 0.761}, {'end': 1006.974, 'text': 'But Brian Green was the moderator and David Albert stood up for spontaneous collapse,', 'start': 1000.528, 'duration': 6.446}], 'summary': 'Debate on wave function at world science festival, moderated by brian green, with david albert advocating for spontaneous collapse.', 'duration': 31.045, 'max_score': 975.929, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/kxvQ3Wyw2M4/pics/kxvQ3Wyw2M4975929.jpg'}, {'end': 1036.54, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1012.88, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 1021.488, 'text': "I think you mentioned it, but just to elaborate, why do you find many worlds so compelling? Well, there's two reasons actually.", 'start': 1012.88, 'duration': 8.608}, {'end': 1023.409, 'text': 'One is, like I said, it is the simplest.', 'start': 1021.768, 'duration': 1.641}, {'end': 1028.314, 'text': "It's like the most bare bones, austere, pure version of quantum mechanics.", 'start': 1023.67, 'duration': 4.644}, {'end': 1034.219, 'text': 'I am someone who is very willing to put a lot of work into mapping the formalism onto reality.', 'start': 1028.334, 'duration': 5.885}, {'end': 1036.54, 'text': "I'm less willing to complicate the formalism itself.", 'start': 1034.299, 'duration': 2.241}], 'summary': 'Many worlds theory is compelling due to simplicity and purity of quantum mechanics.', 'duration': 23.66, 'max_score': 1012.88, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/kxvQ3Wyw2M4/pics/kxvQ3Wyw2M41012880.jpg'}], 'start': 525.67, 'title': 'Conservation of energy in many-worlds interpretation', 'summary': 'Addresses the conservation of energy in the many-worlds interpretation, confirming its adherence to energy conservation and explaining the concept in simple terms. it also explores the controversy in quantum mechanics, presenting the main contenders and highlighting the simplicity and compatibility of the many worlds interpretation with modern physics.', 'chapters': [{'end': 585.018, 'start': 525.67, 'title': 'Conservation of energy in many-worlds interpretation', 'summary': 'Addresses the question of whether the many-worlds interpretation violates the conservation of energy, affirming that it does not and providing a clear explanation of how energy is conserved within the framework, emphasizing the translation of mathematical concepts into plain english.', 'duration': 59.348, 'highlights': ['The conservation of energy in the many-worlds interpretation is definitively affirmed, with zero doubt about its violation, providing clarity on this aspect (100% certainty).', 'The effort is focused on effectively translating the underlying mathematics of the theory into understandable English, emphasizing the conservation of the total amount of universe over time (emphasis on clear communication).', 'Addressing legitimate questions about the origin of probability, the chapter acknowledges uncertainties in certain areas while highlighting the unequivocal conservation of energy within the many-worlds interpretation (acknowledgment of uncertainties).']}, {'end': 1105.186, 'start': 585.683, 'title': 'Controversy in quantum mechanics', 'summary': 'Explores the controversy surrounding the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, detailing the challenges in mapping quantum theory to reality, presenting the main contenders - many worlds, hidden variable theories, and spontaneous collapse theories, and highlighting the simplicity and compatibility of the many worlds interpretation with modern physics.', 'duration': 519.503, 'highlights': ['The simplicity and compatibility of the many worlds interpretation with modern physics, as it is the most bare bones, austere, pure version of quantum mechanics, and provides a plug and play approach to understanding quantum gravity and the emergence of space-time. The many worlds interpretation is favored for its simplicity and compatibility with modern physics, as it offers a plug and play approach to understanding quantum gravity and the emergence of space-time.', 'Explanation of the main contenders in quantum mechanics, including many worlds, hidden variable theories, and spontaneous collapse theories, with the latter having the potential to bring about a debate resembling a democratic debate with front runners. The main contenders in quantum mechanics are explained, encompassing many worlds, hidden variable theories, and spontaneous collapse theories, with the latter potentially leading to a debate resembling a democratic debate with front runners.', 'The distinction between the ontic and epistemic interpretations of the wave function, where the ontic interpretation considers the wave function as real, while the epistemic interpretation views it as a prediction mechanism, leading to the desire for a debate between the two interpretations. The distinction between the ontic and epistemic interpretations of the wave function is highlighted, leading to the desire for a debate between the two interpretations.']}], 'duration': 579.516, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/kxvQ3Wyw2M4/pics/kxvQ3Wyw2M4525670.jpg', 'highlights': ['The conservation of energy in the many-worlds interpretation is definitively affirmed, with zero doubt about its violation, providing clarity on this aspect (100% certainty).', 'The simplicity and compatibility of the many worlds interpretation with modern physics, as it is the most bare bones, austere, pure version of quantum mechanics, and provides a plug and play approach to understanding quantum gravity and the emergence of space-time.', 'Explanation of the main contenders in quantum mechanics, including many worlds, hidden variable theories, and spontaneous collapse theories, with the latter having the potential to bring about a debate resembling a democratic debate with front runners.']}], 'highlights': ['The many worlds interpretation proposes that observers become entangled, creating separate worlds based on the Schrodinger equation and wave function.', 'The Schrodinger equation suggests that observers become entangled with what they observe, and the different versions of the observer no longer interact, leading to the creation of separate worlds, as per the many worlds interpretation.', 'The textbook definition of quantum mechanics separates what is observed and what is real, prompting philosophical debates about the role of observation and its impact on the nature of reality.', 'The dimensionality of the finite dimensional Hilbert space is 10 to the power of 10 to the power of 122, a significantly large number compared to the age of the universe and the number of particles in the universe.', 'The concept of the universe splitting in quantum mechanics is better understood as a pre-existing universe splitting into two skinnier universes, analogous to the conservation of arrow-ness when a vector is expressed as the sum of two vectors pointing along x and y axes.', 'The accelerating universe implies a horizon around us, leading to a finite number of possibilities within that horizon, potentially limiting the branching of the wave function of the universe and resulting in a phase of empty space.', 'The question of whether the Hilbert space is finite or infinite dimensional is connected to gravity and cosmology, with the discovery of the accelerating universe in 1998 indicating a potential link to the dimensionality of Hilbert space.', 'The conservation of energy in the many-worlds interpretation is definitively affirmed, with zero doubt about its violation, providing clarity on this aspect (100% certainty).', 'The simplicity and compatibility of the many worlds interpretation with modern physics, as it is the most bare bones, austere, pure version of quantum mechanics, and provides a plug and play approach to understanding quantum gravity and the emergence of space-time.', 'Explanation of the main contenders in quantum mechanics, including many worlds, hidden variable theories, and spontaneous collapse theories, with the latter having the potential to bring about a debate resembling a democratic debate with front runners.']}