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As a listener of TOE you can get a special 20% off discount to The Economist and all it has to offer! Visit https://www.economist.com/toeIn this captivating of Theories of Everything, Jacob Barandes and I delve into the intricate world of Indivisible Stochastic Processes and their profound impact on quantum mechanics. We explore how these non-Markovian systems introduce quantum phenomena like superposition and interference without the traditional wave function collapse.Join My New Substack (Personal Writings): https://curtjaimungal.substack.comListen on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/SpotifyTOETimestamps:00:00 – Introduction01:29 – Philosophy of Physics07:04 – Philosophical Physics10:55 – Understanding Symmetry Breaking in Physics15:03 – Historical Contributions of Philosophers to Quantum Theory25:03 – Real-World Examples of Symmetry Breaking32:03 – Philosophical Contributions and Funding in Physics38:00 – The Wigner's Friend Thought Experiment55:24 – Eternalism vs. Presentism: The Flow of Time1:05:31 – Connection to Cosmology and FLRW Models1:12:07 – Spontaneous vs. Explicit Symmetry Breaking1:15:37 – Indivisible Stochastic Processes and Future Directions01:40:06 - Markovianity in Quantum Mechanics01:42:12 - Linearity and Unitarity in Quantum Evolution01:43:23 - Unistochastic Processes and Quantum Channels01:45:20 - Quantum Channels and Steinspring Dilation01:46:18 - Hamiltonian Formulation Analogy01:49:05 - Double-Slit Experiment with Indivisible Processes01:52:08 - Measurement Devices and Emergibles02:00:04 - Seminar Culture and Philosophy in Physics02:02:38 - Coarse-Grained Double-Slit Example02:05:03 - No Wave Function Collapse in Indivisible Processes02:12:16 - Philosophical Insights and Importance in Physics02:18:08 - Critique of David Griffiths' Quantum Mechanics Textbook02:35:07 - Closing Remarks and Future TopicsLinks Mentioned (additional links in comments):- Jacob’s website: https://www.jacobbarandes.com/- Jacob’s first appearance on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oWip00iXbo&ab_channel=CurtJaimungal- Jacob’s talk on “A New Formulation of Quantum Theory”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sshJyD0aWXg- The Stochastic-Quantum Correspondence (Jacob’s paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2302.10778- McTaggart’s paper on time: https://philpapers.org/archive/MCTTUO.pdf- Putnam’s paper on time and geometry: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2024493?origin=JSTOR-pdf- Neil deGrasse Tyson on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhWWlJFwTqs- Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paper: https://cds.cern.ch/record/405662/files/PhysRev.47.777.pdf- Greta Hermann’s paper on quantum mechanics in the philosophy of nature: https://cqi.inf.usi.ch/qic/grete_en.pdf- John Bell’s paper on the Einstein Podolsky Rosen paradox: https://journals.aps.org/ppf/pdf/10.1103/PhysicsPhysiqueFizika.1.195- Bell’s theorem without inequalities (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/0409190- Quantum mysteries revisited (paper): https://www.physics.smu.edu/scalise/P5382fa15/Mermin1990a.pdf- Quantum Theory by David Bohm (book): https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Theory-Dover-Books-Physics/dp/0486659690- Bohm’s second paper on quantum theory: https://journals.aps.org/pr/abstract/10.1103/PhysRev.85.180- Dirac’s textbook on quantum mechanics: https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Quantum-Mechanics-International-Monographs/dp/0198520115- Wigner’s paper on the mind-body question: https://www.scribd.com/doc/240712078/Eugen-Wigner-Remarks-on-the-Mind-body-Question#science #physics #theoreticalphysics #quantumphysics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices