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Leonard Susskind: Quantum Mechanics, String Theory, and Black Holes

Lex Fridman Podcast

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The Wiring of Neuron-Like State Devices Explains Quantum Mechanics

I think we're fundamentally wired to visualize three dimensions. I can't even visualize two dimensions or one dimension without thinking about it as embedded in three dimensions. The reason is, I think, our neural wiring is just set up for that. On the other hand, we do learn ways to think about five, six, seven dimensions. And so, yeah, I think we do rewire ourselves whether we can ever completely rewire ourselves to be completely comfortable with these concepts? I doubt. So that it's completely natural? There was a tour, it's completelynatural.

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