《Hidden Forces》第119集，主持人Demetri Kofinas与畅销书作者、加州理工学院理论物理学研究教授Sean Carroll对话，讨论了Carroll新书《Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Space-time》中的主题，涉及量子力学的基础、时空的涌现以及熵与复杂性的演变。对话内容涉及哲学、现实本质、科学的局限性等多个方面。

🔍 Sean Carroll的研究聚焦于基本物理和宇宙学，特别是暗物质、暗能量、时空对称性以及宇宙起源等问题。

🧬 Carroll近期工作涉及量子力学的基础、时空的涌现以及熵与复杂性的演变，探讨了现实本质和科学在认识论工具上的局限性。

🌌 对话中，Carroll解释了量子力学的核心理论，如测量问题、海森堡不确定性原理、纠缠和非局域性，以及量子理论的多种解释，如哥本哈根解释、多世界理论、德布罗意-玻姆理论等。

🔬 讨论还延伸到了量子力学在文化中的影响、对时间旅行的迷恋、通用人工智能的挑战、外星生命的可能性以及地平说的影响等话题。

In Episode 119 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Sean Carroll, a best-selling author and research professor of theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology. His research has focused on fundamental physics and cosmology, especially issues of dark matter, dark energy, spacetime symmetries, and the origin of the universe. Recently, Dr. Carroll has worked on the foundations of quantum mechanics, the emergence of spacetime, and the evolution of entropy and complexity.  

Our focus today is on the subject of Sean Carroll’s latest book “Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Space-time.” The conversation jumps around quite a bit, and much of the discussion bends towards the philosophical. Demetri and Dr. Carroll discuss ontological questions dealing with the nature of reality and the possible limitations of science as an epistemological tool for making definitive statements about our own conscious experience. They also delve into some of the core theoretical aspects of quantum mechanics like the measurement problem, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, entanglement, and nonlocality. Sean Carroll also explains some of the various interpretations of quantum theory such as the Copenhagen interpretation, Many Worlds, Be Broglie–Bohm, Spontaneous Collapse, and QBism. 

For subscribers to our Hidden Forces Overtime feed, Demetri and Sean spend the balance of their time discussing more off-the-wall subjects such as the impact of quantum mechanics in culture, the fascination with time travel, challenges for artificial general intelligence, the prospect of aliens, and the implications of flat earth theory.

You can access the show overtime, along with the transcript and rundown to this week’s episode through the Hidden Forces Patreon Page. All subscribers also get their own exclusive Overtime RSS feed, which can be easily be added to your favorite podcast application. 

Producer & Host: Demetri Kofinas

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