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Ep63 - Sean Carroll: "Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime"

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Quantum Field Theory Is the Way Nature Works

Quantum field theory is the best way we have of thinking about particles and forces. If it weren't for gravity, quantum field theory would be the way nature works. Even where you say space is empty, there's nothing there - what you really mean is that there are fields in their lowest energy state. Different regions of space can become entangled with each other if they're close together.

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