2min chapter

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

241 | Tim Maudlin on Locality, Hidden Variables, and Quantum Foundations

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

CHAPTER

The Sociological Reason Why Physicists Would Stop Asking What Is Going on at the Fundamental Nature of Reality

The idea of the Copenhagen School was say some incomprehensible stuff and then calculate. And I think they eventually got to the point where they didn't want to say, yes, those are good questions, which we can't answer. That's my take on it. Bohr's background was in neo-contian philosophy. He actually said very, very, very mysterious things. The only reason you're puzzled is that you're trying to push some classical picture on the microscopic realm. And it doesn't belong there. Your confusion is arising from you having unjustified desires for comprehension.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode