Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal
Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal
Theories of Everything
The Mathematical Accident That Changes Everything
2 hour 12 minutes Posted Jul 1, 2025 at 9:21 pm.
Introduction
Teaching Black Holes to Graduate Students
Coordinate Systems in Space-Time
Teaching Black Hole Coordinates
Insights from Nima
Nima's Course on Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Foundations and Cosmology
Transitioning to Quantum Gravity
Philosophy's Role in Physics
Leaving String Theory
Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics
Challenges of String Theory
Quantum Field Theory Insights
Foundations of Quantum Field Theory
Particle Existence Between Measurements
Speculations on Quantum Gravity
Legacy and Contributions
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Harvard physicist Jacob Barandes returns with a groundbreaking insight that could reshape quantum theory. By questioning a single hidden assumption, Jacob bridges the gap between classical probability and quantum mechanics. This ‘mathematical accident’ challenges the foundations of Bell’s Theorem, dissolves the measurement problem, and opens a path to a realist interpretation of quantum physics. This episode is a rigorous journey through stochastic processes, non-locality, and the future of theoretical physics.
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Links Mentioned:
•⁠ ⁠Press release of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics: https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2022/10/press-physicsprize2022-2.pdf
•⁠ ⁠Eddy Chen & Barry Loewer on TOE: https://youtu.be/xZnafO__IZ0
•⁠ ⁠Jacob Barandes on TOE (part 1): https://youtu.be/7oWip00iXbo
•⁠ ⁠Tim Maudlin on TOE: https://youtu.be/fU1bs5o3nss
•⁠ ⁠What Is Real? (book): https://www.amazon.com/What-Real-Unfinished-Meaning-Quantum/dp/0465096050
•⁠ ⁠David Wallace on TOE: https://youtu.be/4MjNuJK5RzM
•⁠ ⁠The Copenhagen Interpretation: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-copenhagen/
•⁠ ⁠Bohmian Mechanics: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-bohm/
•⁠ ⁠Everettian Quantum Mechanics: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-everett/
•⁠ ⁠Jacob Barandes on TOE (part 2): https://youtu.be/YaS1usLeXQM
•⁠ ⁠Jacob Barandes on TOE (part 3): https://youtu.be/wrUvtqr4wOs
•⁠ ⁠The sky is blue (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.00568
•⁠ ⁠The Emergent Universe (book): https://www.amazon.com/Emergent-Multiverse-Quantum-according-Interpretation/dp/0198707541
•⁠ ⁠Complex Coordinates and Quantum Mechanics (paper): https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.38.36
•⁠ ⁠Kurt Vonnegut’s lecture: https://youtu.be/4_RUgnC1lm8
•⁠ ⁠Max Born’s memoir: https://archive.org/details/myliferecollecti0000born/page/n5/mode/2up
•⁠ ⁠Hugh Everett’s unpublished dissertation: https://ia801909.us.archive.org/20/items/TheTheoryOfTheUniversalWaveFunction/The%20Theory%20of%20the%20Universal%20Wave%20Function.pdf
•⁠ ⁠La nouvelle cuisine (paper): https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/speakable-and-unspeakable-in-quantum-mechanics/la-nouvelle-cuisine/6FFC85D84585D9C41AA4A1185BF5290E
•⁠ ⁠The Great Rift in Physics (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.20067
•⁠ ⁠Quantum stochastic processes (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.01894
•⁠ ⁠Bell’s Theorem: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bell-theorem/
•⁠ ⁠Neil Turok on TOE: https://youtu.be/zNZCa1pVE20
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