Here are the timestamps for this conversation. If you have questions for Dr. Leggett, please write them below. 0:00 - Introduction 0:44 - The Daily Life of a Nobel Laurate 3:58 - What Would Tony Leggett Study in College Today? 7:18 - Consciousness 8:45 - Value People 10:50 - Superfluidity 16:07 - How To Pick Problems 21:26 - Paradigm Shifts 23:45 - Quantum Mechanics 28:38 - Persuasion 29:10 - Computational Universe 30:38 - Persuasion Part 2 34:42 - "The Future Can Affect The Present" 39:03 - Time 39:58 - Entropy 42:48 - Thought Experiments 45:25 - Brain-to-Brain Communication 48:27 - 3 Questions to Decide What to Research 52:38 - Leggett's Career 55:28 - Curiosity 59:59 - Universities 1:03:39 - Physics in Different Countries 1:05:07 - Free time to think 1:09:06 - Overcoming Barriers to Doing Physics 1:19:16 - Luck 1:22:28 - Advice for young people 🚥Overrated or Underrated Section 🚥 1:29:23 - 🎖 Nobel Prize 1:32:23 - 🧵 String Theory 1:33:43 - 🏫 University of Illinois 1:35:32 - 👸🏼 Knighthood 1:38:59 - Africa 👥Audience Q&A👥 1:45:10 - Public Outreach 1:46:30 - How to Study Science 1:47:39 - Textbooks/Standard Curriculum 1:48:38 - How to pick what articles/papers to read 1:49:48 - Closing Words
Well, this inspired me to go check out (and then update the broken links on) his Wikipedia entry (the Nobel site was reorganized). Thanks for this interview, all!
The message of quantum mechanics is that probability and tendency displace the certainty and rigid rules of classical physics. We don't need to understand quantum mechanics, as the very act of ascertaining its meaning is a rigidification. This observational experience collapses the waveform further down the entropy ladder into objectification as a particle with magnitude and position ie classical. To know quantum mechanics we must become a surfer of the waveform and intuit its possibilities, endless possibilities. Resist nailing it down as you end up classically marooned on the beach again.
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Here are the timestamps for this conversation. If you have questions for Dr. Leggett, please write them below.
0:00 - Introduction
0:44 - The Daily Life of a Nobel Laurate
3:58 - What Would Tony Leggett Study in College Today?
7:18 - Consciousness
8:45 - Value People
10:50 - Superfluidity
16:07 - How To Pick Problems
21:26 - Paradigm Shifts
23:45 - Quantum Mechanics
28:38 - Persuasion
29:10 - Computational Universe
30:38 - Persuasion Part 2
34:42 - "The Future Can Affect The Present"
39:03 - Time
39:58 - Entropy
42:48 - Thought Experiments
45:25 - Brain-to-Brain Communication
48:27 - 3 Questions to Decide What to Research
52:38 - Leggett's Career
55:28 - Curiosity
59:59 - Universities
1:03:39 - Physics in Different Countries
1:05:07 - Free time to think
1:09:06 - Overcoming Barriers to Doing Physics
1:19:16 - Luck
1:22:28 - Advice for young people
🚥Overrated or Underrated Section 🚥
1:29:23 - 🎖 Nobel Prize
1:32:23 - 🧵 String Theory
1:33:43 - 🏫 University of Illinois
1:35:32 - 👸🏼 Knighthood
1:38:59 - Africa
👥Audience Q&A👥
1:45:10 - Public Outreach
1:46:30 - How to Study Science
1:47:39 - Textbooks/Standard Curriculum
1:48:38 - How to pick what articles/papers to read
1:49:48 - Closing Words
Well, this inspired me to go check out (and then update the broken links on) his Wikipedia entry (the Nobel site was reorganized). Thanks for this interview, all!
Thank you, Bill. Glad you enjoyed it. In this interview, there are many details not listed on his Wikipedia and other records so perhaps, useful.
The message of quantum mechanics is that probability and tendency displace the certainty and rigid rules of classical physics.
We don't need to understand quantum mechanics, as the very act of ascertaining its meaning is a rigidification.
This observational experience collapses the waveform further down the entropy ladder into objectification as a particle with magnitude and position ie classical.
To know quantum mechanics we must become a surfer of the waveform and intuit its possibilities, endless possibilities.
Resist nailing it down as you end up classically marooned on the beach again.
Thanks for the hard work! I learned a lot from this episode.
Thank you, Cyan!
Great episode. 🎉🎉
What he actually said was don't study the interpretation of quantum mechanics
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