Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Tim Maudlin Λ Tim Palmer: Superdeterminism vs. Bell's Theorem

Jul 25, 2023

Tim Maudlin, a philosophy professor at NYU and founder of the John Bell Institute, teams up with Tim Palmer, an Oxford physicist known for his work in climate physics and chaos theory. They dissect superdeterminism and its clash with Bell's theorem, probing the philosophical dilemmas around free will and quantum mechanics. Their insightful dialogue explores the interplay between deterministic systems and cosmic randomness, while challenging the foundations of locality and statistical independence in physics. A thought-provoking exploration awaits!

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Intro

5min

Exploring Quantum Mechanics and Climate Physics: A Dual Approach

4min

The Foundations of Quantum Physics and Bell's Theorem

6min

Exploring Bell's Theorem and Superdeterminism

25min

Exploring Counterfactual Definiteness: The Intersection of Physics and Chaos Theory

5min

Chaos, Determinism, and Bell's Theorem

31min

Exploring Randomness and Bell's Theorem

31min

Gratitude and Community Engagement in Science Discussion

3min

YouTube link https://youtu.be/883R3JlZHXE

Tim Palmer is a Royal Society Research Professor in the Department of Physics at Oxford. Tim Maudlin is a Professor of Philosophy at New York University, specializing in the philosophy of physics. We discuss superdeterminism, chaos theory, and free variables.

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LINKS MENTIONED:

- Tim Maudlin's podcast on TOE: https://youtu.be/fU1bs5o3nss

- Primacy of Doubt (Tim Palmer's book): https://amzn.to/3Oo55k7

- Metaphysics Within Physics (Tim Maudlin's book): https://amzn.to/3pXHNcn

- Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity (Tim Maudlin's book): https://amzn.to/44QoS2F

- Go Fund Me for "The John Bell Institute" initiative: https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-permanent-home-for-the-john-bell-institute

- Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics (John Bell's book): https://amzn.to/43RyQ2t

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:02:04 Explaining Superdeterminism & Fractal Cosmology

00:05:06 What is Tim Palmer working on

00:09:24 What is Tim Maudlin working on

00:11:47 Assumptions of Bell's inequality / theorem

00:22:40 Locality and Superdeterminism

00:28:33 Summary of disagreement + why do we care what Bell said?

00:32:54 Counterfactuals & Counterfactual definiteness

00:59:38 Chaos theory, attractors, and fractals

01:26:32 Free variables and ensembles

01:36:30 Invariant set theory

01:48:21 Relevant links and teaser for Part 2

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