Phillip Goff

We lift up the lid, the cat's either definitely alive or definitely dead. And so you might think, well, how can this be a good scientific theory if the theory doesn't fit what we observe? That's because there's another bit to quantum mechanics.

We lift up the lid, the cat's either definitely alive or definitely dead. And so you might think, well, how can this be a good scientific theory if the theory doesn't fit what we observe? That's because there's another bit to quantum mechanics.

something called the Born Rule, which is a sort of bridging law, which takes us from this weird world of superpositions to what we're actually going to observe, or at least the probability of what we're going to observe. And those two things together The Schrodinger equation and the Born rule are the best predictive tool anyone has ever devised. Incredibly successful.

something called the Born Rule, which is a sort of bridging law, which takes us from this weird world of superpositions to what we're actually going to observe, or at least the probability of what we're going to observe. And those two things together The Schrodinger equation and the Born rule are the best predictive tool anyone has ever devised. Incredibly successful.

something called the Born Rule, which is a sort of bridging law, which takes us from this weird world of superpositions to what we're actually going to observe, or at least the probability of what we're going to observe. And those two things together The Schrodinger equation and the Born rule are the best predictive tool anyone has ever devised. Incredibly successful.

But for people like me interested in the ultimate nature of reality, there's some questions this prompts, you know. Are these superpositions real? And if so, why do we never see them? Why do we never see many cats living and dead? And if they're not real, why do we have to take this weird route through this fiction of superpositions to find out what we're actually going to observe?

But for people like me interested in the ultimate nature of reality, there's some questions this prompts, you know. Are these superpositions real? And if so, why do we never see them? Why do we never see many cats living and dead? And if they're not real, why do we have to take this weird route through this fiction of superpositions to find out what we're actually going to observe?

But for people like me interested in the ultimate nature of reality, there's some questions this prompts, you know. Are these superpositions real? And if so, why do we never see them? Why do we never see many cats living and dead? And if they're not real, why do we have to take this weird route through this fiction of superpositions to find out what we're actually going to observe?

So that's the kind of mystery. And this is actually the founders of quantum mechanics, like Niels Bohr, did not want you to ask these questions. He's this extraordinary figure. People who knew him... compared him to Jesus or Socrates. And he was just this incredibly charismatic figure. But he also ruled like a communist dictator in crushing opposition.

So that's the kind of mystery. And this is actually the founders of quantum mechanics, like Niels Bohr, did not want you to ask these questions. He's this extraordinary figure. People who knew him... compared him to Jesus or Socrates. And he was just this incredibly charismatic figure. But he also ruled like a communist dictator in crushing opposition.

So that's the kind of mystery. And this is actually the founders of quantum mechanics, like Niels Bohr, did not want you to ask these questions. He's this extraordinary figure. People who knew him... compared him to Jesus or Socrates. And he was just this incredibly charismatic figure. But he also ruled like a communist dictator in crushing opposition.

So if you ask questions like, what's going on in reality? Your career was over. Anyway, but fortunately, although there is something of a taboo still there, more and more people asking these questions. So, well, come into the many worlds. Yeah, what's that all about?

So if you ask questions like, what's going on in reality? Your career was over. Anyway, but fortunately, although there is something of a taboo still there, more and more people asking these questions. So, well, come into the many worlds. Yeah, what's that all about?

So if you ask questions like, what's going on in reality? Your career was over. Anyway, but fortunately, although there is something of a taboo still there, more and more people asking these questions. So, well, come into the many worlds. Yeah, what's that all about?

So I think, I mean, this is among theoretical physicists and philosophers of physics, this is actually an incredibly popular view among people who don't normally like wacky stuff. So this is the view that reality is continuously branching into different versions of itself. So in the case of the Schrodinger's cat. That's a good way of illustrating it, isn't it? Yeah.

So I think, I mean, this is among theoretical physicists and philosophers of physics, this is actually an incredibly popular view among people who don't normally like wacky stuff. So this is the view that reality is continuously branching into different versions of itself. So in the case of the Schrodinger's cat. That's a good way of illustrating it, isn't it? Yeah.

So I think, I mean, this is among theoretical physicists and philosophers of physics, this is actually an incredibly popular view among people who don't normally like wacky stuff. So this is the view that reality is continuously branching into different versions of itself. So in the case of the Schrodinger's cat. That's a good way of illustrating it, isn't it? Yeah.

So in the Schrodinger's cat theory, if we actually did that,

So in the Schrodinger's cat theory, if we actually did that,

So in the Schrodinger's cat theory, if we actually did that,