Quantum Physics and Social Science (Robert Wright & Alexander Wendt)

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News & Politics, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.7 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2019

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Why Alex shifted from international relations to quantum physics ... Alex: "We are walking wave functions" ... Do the origins of consciousness and free will lie in the wave collapse? ... Quantum decision theory and human irrationality ... The advantage of viewing humanity as quantum rather than classical ... How a nation-state is like a quantum state ... Alex: Language is best understood quantumly ... The possibility of collective consciousness ...

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast from Meaning of Life TV.
0:08.6	Hi, Alex.
0:10.4	Hi, Bob.
0:11.5	How are you doing?
0:12.1	Oh, my pleasure.
0:14.3	You certainly deserve it.
0:15.4	I'm really looking forward to this conversation.
0:17.9	Let me introduce us.
0:19.7	I'm Robert Wright.
0:20.4	This is The Right show available in both
0:21.8	streaming video and via audio podcast. You are Alexander Wendt. Is that a fair pronunciation of
0:28.3	your last name? Wint. Yes. And you can just call me Alex. I go by Alex. I will call you
0:33.6	Alex. You're the Ralph D. Mershon, Professor of International Security at Ohio State
0:38.8	University. We're going to talk about a fascinating book you've written, very ambitious and
0:44.7	cosmic, called Quantum Mind and Social Science. I want to say first, though, something about your
0:53.3	previous book by way of setting this up,
0:56.4	because for one thing, there's such a stark contrast, seemingly, between the two books.
1:03.5	I mean, you know, the book we're going to talk about will get us into all these cosmic things,
1:07.6	consciousness, free will, various other things.
1:12.5	But your previous book, or at least your previous kind of big book that you're known for,
1:16.7	was called Social Theory of International Politics.
1:21.5	Won a lot of accolades.
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