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Sean Carroll but scary somehow
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Physics, philosophy, complexity. Johns Hopkins & Santa Fe Institute. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social. Latest: Quanta & Fields, book 2 of The Biggest Ideas in the Universe. preposterousuniverse.com/
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But what exactly is a "measurement," and when does one occur? Good question! That is the "quantum measurement problem." Traditional QM simply punts on these questions. (2/n) www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kxm...

Sean Carroll explains: what is the measurement problem in quantum mechanics?
Sean Carroll explains: what is the measurement problem in quantum mechanics?

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Given the word "measurement," which sounds like something done by a conscious observer, it's not absurd to posit that somehow conscious observation is involved. And indeed that was posited, most famously by Eugene Wigner. (3/n) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neu...

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Physics, philosophy, complexity. Johns Hopkins & Santa Fe Institute. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social. Latest: Quanta & Fields, book 2 of The Biggest Ideas in the Universe. preposterousuniverse.com/
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