How is it that quantum physics governs the very smallest things in the universe, yet classical, Newtonian rules describe the movements of everything else, from people to planets? In the second of two episodes to mark the centenary of quantum physics, we hear how the boundary between the quantum and classical worlds causes huge inconsistencies—and a debate about the nature of reality itself. Our guest today explains his radical vision for fixing those problems and building a consistent understanding of the universe.
Host: Alok Jha, The Economist’s science and technology editor. Guest: Vlatko Vedral of the University of Oxford and the author of “Portals to a New Reality”.
If you can’t get enough of quantum physics, listen to our 2022 interview with Nobel laureate Anton Zeilinger, one of the scientists who proved that entanglement is a real phenomenon.
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