The DemystifySci Podcast

Teleportation, Time, and Rabbit Hole Physics - Dr. Ivette Fuentes, DemystifySci #372

Oct 12, 2025
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Ivette Fuentes
Dr. Ivette Fuentes, a quantum physicist at the University of Southampton, delves into the bizarre world of quantum mechanics and its interplay with relativity. She discusses the intriguing concept of quantum teleportation, revealing that it transmits information rather than matter. The conversation explores the evolution of consciousness, including its relationship with life and unique experiences during sleep and anesthesia. Ivette also touches on physicists' historical fascination with consciousness, and how spirituality intersects with scientific rigor in understanding reality.
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Teleportation Transfers Information Not Matter

  • Quantum teleportation transmits information, not matter, so you'd need target atoms to reconstruct a person.
  • Whether that reconstructed person is the same depends on whether you view identity as pattern or continuity of atoms.
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Founders Mixed Physics And Philosophy

  • Early quantum physicists often held philosophical or spiritual views about consciousness.
  • Those perspectives influenced their questions but physics education later pushed materialist frameworks.
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Taboo Around Consciousness In Physics

  • The science–religion split made consciousness a taboo subject for many physicists.
  • That taboo suppressed open inquiry until figures like Roger Penrose publicly challenged it.
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