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59 | Adam Becker on the Curious History of Quantum Mechanics

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

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The Importance of Einstein

I wonder if all of this work on quantum foundations at Princeton in the early 50s wasn't ultimately Einstein's fault. I mean, Einstein certainly influenced BOM. He apparently taught a class like a major. He gave a lecture that Everett was at though Everett doesn't... Isn't he a member? Yeah, he didn't remember later in life. On the other hand, other people say that Everett was there. And also, I don't know, Everett was a funny guy. But yeah, and certainly... There was a lot of sherry consumers.

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