What We've Gotten Wrong About Quantum Physics

Are there unresolved foundational questions in quantum physics? Philosopher Tim Maudlin thinks so, and joins Brian Greene to explore possible answers.

This program is part of the Big Ideas series, supported by the John Templeton Foundation.

Participant: Tim Maudlin
Moderator: Brian Greene

0:00:00 - Introduction
0:00:37 - Welcome to
0:00:10 - Meet Tim Maudlin
0:00:46 - Why Most Physicists Still Miss Bell’s Theorem
0:03:27 - The Strange History of Quantum Thinking
0:09:16 - Interpretation Isn’t Just Semantics
0:11:47 - Is the Copenhagen approach even a theory?
0:16:33 - The Screen Problem and the Myth of Measurement
0:23:33 - When Does a Measurement Happen?
0:28:45 - Einstein’s Real Problem with Quantum Mechanics
0:35:10 - Entanglement and the EPR Breakthrough
0:42:19 - The David Bohm Saga: A Theory That Worked but Was Ignored
0:52:07 - Can We Keep Quantum Predictions Without Non-locality?
0:56:49 - If Bell’s Theorem Is So Simple, Why Was It Ignored?
0:59:53 - Can Relativity Tolerate a Preferred Foliation
1:09:10 - Is Many Worlds the Price of Taking Quantum Theory Seriously?
1:15:56 - What Did Everett Really Mean by Many Worlds?
1:18:01 - Can Quantum Theory Predict Reality, or Just Describe It?
1:35:17 - Would Aliens Discover the Same Physics?
1:43:23 - Credits

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