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AMA | April 2021

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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Populism and Quantum Complexity

This chapter examines the nuances of populism in democracy, discussing how it fosters division by pitting 'ordinary people' against outsiders and its potential risks for authoritarianism. It also delves into the conservation of information in physics, highlighting philosophical implications in quantum mechanics, especially regarding the nature of hypotheses and the many worlds interpretation.

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