Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal
Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal
Theories of Everything
Top Physicists Call Out Many Worlds As Nonsense | Jacob Barandes Λ Emily Adlam
2 hour 22 minutes Posted Jun 25, 2025 at 5:52 pm.
Introduction
Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
The Nature of Self-Identity
Exploring Branching Universes
Collaboration Between Physicists and Philosophers
Understanding Probability and Credence
The Role of Indexicals in Consciousness
Causation and Its Implications
Disagreement on Personal Identity
The Hard Problem of Consciousness
Reflections on Conscious Experience
Concluding Thoughts on Mind and Identity
Time and Mind
The Concept of the World Line
Active Consciousness and Agency
The Hard Problem of Consciousness
Emergence in Physics
Speculation vs. Rigorous Argument
Philosophy's Contribution to Physics
Bridging Philosophy and Physics
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Top physicists Emily Adlam and Jacob Barandes deliver a powerful takedown of the Many Worlds Interpretation. In this episode, they expose why it’s more philosophical fantasy than scientific theory, revealing its lack of testability, predictive power, and real-world grounding. If you’ve ever questioned whether parallel universes are legitimate physics or just sci-fi masquerading as science, this conversation will challenge everything.
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Links Mentioned:
•⁠ ⁠Emily’s first appearance on TOE: https://youtu.be/6I2OhmVWLMs
•⁠ ⁠Emily’s profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emily-Adlam
•⁠ ⁠Jacob’s first appearance on TOE: https://youtu.be/7oWip00iXbo
•⁠ ⁠Jacob’s website: https://www.jacobbarandes.com/
•⁠ ⁠Jacob Barandes on TOE: https://youtu.be/YaS1usLeXQM
•⁠ ⁠Against Self-Location (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.05259
•⁠ ⁠Eddy Chen & Barry Loewer on TOE: https://youtu.be/xZnafO__IZ0
•⁠ ⁠Julian Barbour on TOE: https://youtu.be/bprxrGaf0Os
•⁠ ⁠Robert Sapolsky on TOE: https://youtu.be/z0IqA1hYKY8
•⁠ ⁠Curt’s Consciousness Iceberg: https://youtu.be/65yjqIDghEk
•⁠ ⁠Iain McGilchrist on TOE: https://youtu.be/Q9sBKCd2HD0
•⁠ ⁠Stories of Your Life and Others (book): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1101972122
•⁠ ⁠Matt Segall on TOE: https://youtu.be/DeTm4fSXpbM
•⁠ ⁠TOE’s Free Will compilation: https://youtu.be/SSbUCEleJhg
•⁠ ⁠Manolis Kellis & Jacob Barandes debate: https://youtu.be/MTD8xkbiGis
•⁠ ⁠“The Incompatibility of Free Will and Determinism” (paper): https://iweb.langara.ca/rjohns/files/2013/01/van_inwagen.pdf
•⁠ ⁠After Physics (book): https://www.amazon.com/dp/067497087X
•⁠ ⁠Michael Levin on TOE: https://youtu.be/c8iFtaltX-s
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