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Sean Carroll: Quantum Mechanics and the Many-Worlds Interpretation

Lex Fridman Podcast

Lex Fridman

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2019

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist at Caltech and Santa Fe Institute specializing in quantum mechanics, arrow of time, cosmology, and gravitation. He is the author of Something Deeply Hidden and several popular books and he is the host of a great podcast called Mindscape. This is the second time Sean has been on the podcast. You can watch the first time on YouTube or listen to the first time on its episode page. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast. If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to https://lexfridman.com/ai or connect with @lexfridman

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0:00.0

The following is a conversation with Sean Carroll, part two.

0:03.8

The second time we've spoken on the podcast,

0:06.4

you can get the link to the first time in the description.

0:10.1

This time we focus on quantum mechanics

0:12.4

and the many worlds interpretation

0:14.4

that he details elegantly in his new book titled

0:17.0

Something Deeply Hidden.

0:19.2

I own and enjoy both the e-book and audio book versions of it.

0:24.0

Listening to Sean read about entanglement,

0:26.9

complementarity, and the emergence of space time

0:29.8

reminds me of Bob Ross teaching the world how to paint

0:33.3

and his old television show.

0:35.4

If you don't know who Bob Ross is,

0:37.8

you're truly missing out.

0:39.4

Look him up.

0:40.4

He'll make you fall in love with painting.

0:42.9

Sean Carroll is the Bob Ross of theoretical physics.

0:48.1

He's the author of several popular books,

0:50.4

a host of a great podcast called Mindscape,

0:53.1

and is a theoretical physicist at Caltech

0:56.4

and a Santa Fe Institute,

0:58.2

specializing in quantum mechanics,

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