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Quantum Properties of Spacetime
May 29, 2020
FQXi's Francesca Vidotto talks in-depth to JSTOR Daily about feminist epistemology, white holes, string theory, and her book (with Carlo Rovelli) on loop quantum gravity.
Gravity Winners
May 29, 2020
The winners of the Gravity Research Foundation essay contest have been announced. Congrats to our members who have won prizes: Eduardo Guendelman (for "Lorentzian Quintessential Inflation" with David Benisty), Craig Hogan (for "Cosmological Constant in Coherent Quantum Gravity"), Thanu Padmanabhan (for "Principle of Equivalence at Planck Scales and the Zero-Point-Length of Spacetime"), and Maulik Parikh & Frank Wilczek (first prize for "The Noise of Gravitons" with George Zhariade).
INSPYRE!
Mar 23, 2020
FQXi is proud to support INSPYRE 2020, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the…Universe’”, which is dedicated to the hottest topics from particle physics to cosmology. This year lectures (in English) are online from 30th March to 3rd April. Open to all, especially students & teachers! The course is organised by FQXi's Catalina Oana Curceanu, senior researcher at the National Laboratory of Frascati (LNF), and you can read more here.
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Keywords: #hossenfelder #rovelli #keating #quantum #reality
Sabine Hossenfelder , Carlo Rovelli, and Eric Weinstein debate quantum physics, consciousness and the mystery of reality. Brian...
Causal Discovery in the Quantum Context by Sally...
By SALLY SHRAPNEL
Sally Shrapnel (University of Queensland)
https://simons.berkeley.edu/talks/cau...
Quantum Physics and Statistical Causal Models
This talk introduces quantum causal modelling and describes existing quantum causal...
16th Marcel Grossmann Meeting by Various Speakers
By JOE SCHINDLER
Here we have a playlist of a plethora of talks from the virtual MG16 meeting, featuring numerous interesting talks and FQXi members!
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr5RLbSWSonsaOnZukBDs0qsNIWM8AvRF
To filter by topic...
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High Energy Physics
Anatomy of spacetime and possible origins of...
By JOE SCHINDLER
Thank you to Dr. Kwan Chiang for suggesting a discussion of their recent paper Anatomy of spacetime and possible origins of internal symmetry and all particle quantum numbers which was published in Physics Essays in...
Undecidability, Uncomputability, and Unpredictability Essay Contest (2019-2020)
What do undecidability and unpredictability mean?...
By MARTIN VAN STAVEREN
Essay Abstract
In natural science and in technology, decisions are commonly taken on the basis of uncertain information. Since three decades Bayesian estimation has become quite popular in technical control methods and in the...
Ultimate Reality
The Present State of Physics, Mathematics, and...
By JOE SCHINDLER
This forum will be an appropriate place to discuss the present state of physics, mathematics, and science, as well as for general discussion tangential to these issues.
While the topic of allowed discussion is broad, please make sure all posts...
Quantum Physics and the End of Reality by Sabine...
By ZEEYA MERALI
https://www.youtube.com/embed/mXKPeJ-pC4I
Keywords: #hossenfelder #rovelli #keating #quantum #reality
Sabine Hossenfelder , Carlo Rovelli, and Eric Weinstein debate quantum physics, consciousness and the mystery of reality. Brian...
Causal Discovery in the Quantum Context by Sally...
By SALLY SHRAPNEL
Sally Shrapnel (University of Queensland)
https://simons.berkeley.edu/talks/cau...
Quantum Physics and Statistical Causal Models
This talk introduces quantum causal modelling and describes existing quantum causal...
16th Marcel Grossmann Meeting by Various Speakers
By JOE SCHINDLER
Here we have a playlist of a plethora of talks from the virtual MG16 meeting, featuring numerous interesting talks and FQXi members!
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr5RLbSWSonsaOnZukBDs0qsNIWM8AvRF
To filter by topic...
NEW PODCAST EPISODES
Testing Time: Quantum physicists Fabrizio Piacentini and Laura Knoll discuss their recent experiment testing the predictions of Constructor Theory, a new meta-framework of physics that may encompass all other theories. The new framework could solve the mystery of why time marches in only one direction, even though the microscopic laws of physics are reversible. With Logan Chipkin
Happy Higgs-versary! Particle physicist Kevin Black tells Zeeya Merali about the LHC's new quest. Also, time-travel at the LHC, an update on the W Boson tests with Frank Wilczek; Catalina Curceanu on testing the origin of consciousness; & Queensland physicists are building quantum clocks.
Time's Arrow: A conversation with Paul Davies about time's irreversible flow, black holes, memories of Stephen Hawking and the information paradox, Maxwell's demon and living systems -- and how to improve universities. With Logan Chipkin.
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High Energy Physics
Anatomy of spacetime and possible origins of...
By JOE SCHINDLER
Thank you to Dr. Kwan Chiang for suggesting a discussion of their recent paper Anatomy of spacetime and possible origins of internal symmetry and all particle quantum numbers which was published in Physics Essays in...
Undecidability, Uncomputability, and Unpredictability Essay Contest (2019-2020)
What do undecidability and unpredictability mean?...
By MARTIN VAN STAVEREN
Essay Abstract
In natural science and in technology, decisions are commonly taken on the basis of uncertain information. Since three decades Bayesian estimation has become quite popular in technical control methods and in the...
Ultimate Reality
The Present State of Physics, Mathematics, and...
By JOE SCHINDLER
This forum will be an appropriate place to discuss the present state of physics, mathematics, and science, as well as for general discussion tangential to these issues.
While the topic of allowed discussion is broad, please make sure all posts...
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The Entropic Price of Building the Perfect Clock: Q&A with Natalia Ares
By MIRIAM FRANKEL • Oct 25, 2022
Experiments investigating the thermodynamics of clocks can teach us about the origin of time's arrow.
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(0 posts)
Schrödinger’s A.I. Could Test the Foundations of Reality
By GEORGE MUSSER • Sep 19, 2022
Physicists lay out blueprints for running a 'Wigner's Friend' experiment using an artificial intelligence, built on a quantum computer, as an 'observer.'
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(17 posts)
Expanding the Mind (Literally): Q&A with Karim Jerbi and Jordan O'Byrne
By LOGAN CHIPKIN • Aug 20, 2022
Using a brain-computer interface to create a consciousness 'add-on' to help test Integrated Information Theory.
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(3 posts)
Quanthoven's Fifth
By COLIN STUART • Jul 30, 2022
A quantum computer composes chart-topping music, programmed by physicists striving to understand consciousness.
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(20 posts)
The Math of Consciousness: Q&A with Kobi Kremnitzer
By COLIN STUART • Mar 29, 2022
A meditating mathematician is developing a theory of conscious experience to help understand the boundary between the quantum and classical world.
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(36 posts)
Can We Feel What It’s Like to Be Quantum?
By BRENDAN FOSTER • Mar 27, 2022
Underground experiments in the heart of the Italian mountains are testing the links between consciousness and collapse theories of quantum physics.
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(15 posts)
The Thermodynamic Limits of Intelligence: Q&A with David Wolpert
By MIRIAM FRANKEL • Mar 25, 2022
Calculating the energy needed to acquire and compute information could help explain the (in)efficiency of human brains and guide the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence.
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(4 posts)
Gambling Against the Second Law
By NICOLA JONES • Mar 24, 2022
Using precision thermometry to make mini heat engines, that might, momentarily, bust through the thermodynamic limit.
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(1 post)
Mind and Machine: What Does It Mean to Be Sentient?
By KATE BECKER • Mar 23, 2022
Using neural networks to test definitions of 'autonomy.'
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(1 post)
Seeing is Believing
By MIRIAM FRANKEL • Mar 22, 2022
Neuroscientists are testing the idea that what we see when we perceive the world is ultimately an internal projection.
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(5 posts)
Dissolving the Self: Q&A with Aviva Berkovich-Ohana
By LOGAN CHIPKIN • Feb 27, 2022
A neurobiologist is mapping the boundaries of consciousness during meditation.
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(1 post)
Over Gravity's Rainbow
By ZEEYA MERALI • Feb 27, 2022
An alternative framework of physics, in which light's speed can vary, could render the universe ageless.
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(13 posts)
Is the 'Fine-Tuned Universe' an Illusion?
By FOUNDATIONAL QUESTIONS INSTITUTE, FQXI • Feb 7, 2022
New FQXi report re-assesses claims that the cosmos is precisely tuned to foster life, challenging popular arguments for a multiverse.
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(0 posts)
The Entropic Price of Building the Perfect Clock: Q&A with Natalia Ares
By MIRIAM FRANKEL • Oct 25, 2022
Experiments investigating the thermodynamics of clocks can teach us about the origin of time's arrow.
Read article
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(0 posts)
Schrödinger’s A.I. Could Test the Foundations of Reality
By GEORGE MUSSER • Sep 19, 2022
Physicists lay out blueprints for running a 'Wigner's Friend' experiment using an artificial intelligence, built on a quantum computer, as an 'observer.'
Read article
Discuss this article in the FQXi Community Forum
(17 posts)
Expanding the Mind (Literally): Q&A with Karim Jerbi and Jordan O'Byrne
By LOGAN CHIPKIN • Aug 20, 2022
Using a brain-computer interface to create a consciousness 'add-on' to help test Integrated Information Theory.
Read article
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(3 posts)
Quanthoven's Fifth
By COLIN STUART • Jul 30, 2022
A quantum computer composes chart-topping music, programmed by physicists striving to understand consciousness.
Read article
Discuss this article in the FQXi Community Forum
(20 posts)
The Math of Consciousness: Q&A with Kobi Kremnitzer
By COLIN STUART • Mar 29, 2022
A meditating mathematician is developing a theory of conscious experience to help understand the boundary between the quantum and classical world.
Read article
Discuss this article in the FQXi Community Forum
(36 posts)
Can We Feel What It’s Like to Be Quantum?
By BRENDAN FOSTER • Mar 27, 2022
Underground experiments in the heart of the Italian mountains are testing the links between consciousness and collapse theories of quantum physics.
Read article
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(15 posts)
The Thermodynamic Limits of Intelligence: Q&A with David Wolpert
By MIRIAM FRANKEL • Mar 25, 2022
Calculating the energy needed to acquire and compute information could help explain the (in)efficiency of human brains and guide the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence.
Read article
Discuss this article in the FQXi Community Forum
(4 posts)
Gambling Against the Second Law
By NICOLA JONES • Mar 24, 2022
Using precision thermometry to make mini heat engines, that might, momentarily, bust through the thermodynamic limit.
Read article
Discuss this article in the FQXi Community Forum
(1 post)
Mind and Machine: What Does It Mean to Be Sentient?
By KATE BECKER • Mar 23, 2022
Using neural networks to test definitions of 'autonomy.'
Read article
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(1 post)
Seeing is Believing
By MIRIAM FRANKEL • Mar 22, 2022
Neuroscientists are testing the idea that what we see when we perceive the world is ultimately an internal projection.
Read article
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(5 posts)
Dissolving the Self: Q&A with Aviva Berkovich-Ohana
By LOGAN CHIPKIN • Feb 27, 2022
A neurobiologist is mapping the boundaries of consciousness during meditation.
Read article
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(1 post)
Over Gravity's Rainbow
By ZEEYA MERALI • Feb 27, 2022
An alternative framework of physics, in which light's speed can vary, could render the universe ageless.
Read article
Discuss this article in the FQXi Community Forum
(13 posts)
Is the 'Fine-Tuned Universe' an Illusion?
By FOUNDATIONAL QUESTIONS INSTITUTE, FQXI • Feb 7, 2022
New FQXi report re-assesses claims that the cosmos is precisely tuned to foster life, challenging popular arguments for a multiverse.
Read article
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(0 posts)