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Something Deeply Hidden | Sean Carroll | Talks at Google

656K views · Oct 4, 2019 · 57:04 · 1 HN recommender · 4 mentions · discussed 2020–2023

Sean Carroll's Talks at Google presentation of his book Something Deeply Hidden. He gives an accessible introduction to quantum mechanics and argues for the many-worlds interpretation and the emergence of spacetime.

Why Hacker News points people here: Recommended as an approachable case that the Everett (many-worlds) interpretation is the simplest reading of quantum mechanics.

“I'd recommend watching this talk by Sean Carroll”HN comment, 2020

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Strongly recommendsmeowfaceFeb 2020

“I'd recommend watching this talk by Sean Carroll”

Sean Carroll argues many-worlds is the simplest interpretation.

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I'd recommend watching this talk by Sean Carroll: this video I think it's a much simpler interpretation than the Copenhagen interpretation. Here's an awesome discussion/debate between Carroll and a major MWI skeptic, David Albert: link In this discussion, they cover what they consider "silly" and "important" criticisms of MWI. Respectfully, some of what you said in your comment is placed by them in the "silly" box.

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Cites itRobertoGFeb 2021

“Reading Sean Carroll (1) and David Deutsch convinced me that Everett is the straightforward interpretation of what the data is saying.”

Carroll's case for the Everett interpretation.

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Reading Sean Carroll (1) and David Deutsch convinced me that Everett is the straightforward interpretation of what the data is saying. Copenhagen is adding unnecessary concepts to the interpretation and making it more complex, so, if we are using the scientific method, the burden of proof should be with the backers of Copenhagen. (1) - this video

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Cites itZeroGravitasMay 2021

“Sean Carrol gave a talk about his new book and his claim is that quantum mechanics is pretty straightforward”

Carroll's book talk arguing quantum mechanics is straightforward under many-worlds.

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I'm no expert, but I thought that Einstein was pointing out the flaws of the Copanhagen interpretation of quantum physics. Sean Carrol gave a talk about his new book and his claim is that quantum mechanics is pretty straightforward, and all the spooky weirdness is only needed if you try to ignore the implication that the data supports the-many world interpretation. this video i.e. similar to the sock example given, when you open the envelope you find out what universe you are in, the blue sock or red sock universe and that tells you information about the other sock in your universe. But another you is finding the other color sock in a different universe.

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Cites itprettyStandardJan 2023

“In a nutshell, you are a quantum system as well”

Carroll's many-worlds view of wavefunction collapse.

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Sean Carroll's many worlds is what I subscribe to. In a nutshell, you are a quantum system as well, when two quantum systems interact, then you get the wavefunction collapse, but it doesn't collapse, it just appears that way. this video

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