Curt Jaimungal & Carlo Rovelli , Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Carlo Rovelli on Consciousness, the Illusion of Time, Loop Quantum Gravity, & Philosophy of Relational Quantum Mechanics

17 Dec 2021 • 246 min • EN
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In this episode Curt Jaimungal talks with Carlo Rovelli about consciousness, the illusion of time, and the relational interpretation of quantum mechanics, including its implications for loop quantum gravity. The conversation weaves philosophy and physics, challenging conventional views of reality and exploring the nature of the universe.- 00:00:00 - Introduction- 00:03:27 - The relational interpretation of quantum mechanics- 00:12:29 - Consistency in the world- 00:16:35 - Relationships vs things- 00:24:05 - Visualizing relations- 00:33:43 - Philosophy and physics- 00:45:11 - Definition of the Universe- 00:51:06 - Problems with the concept of Universe- 00:56:00 - Many Worlds (Carlo's view)- 01:00:40 - Mathematics alone insufficient- 01:06:13 - Sun revolves around Earth analogy- 01:08:45 - Ecumenical approach to Universe and religions- 01:15:29 - Anti-foundationalism in philosophy- 01:20:04 - Entropic/thermal time (illusion)- 01:38:18 - Lee Smolin on time- 01:48:26 - Julian Barbour's theory of time- 01:56:00 - Thoughts on Wolfram's model- 02:05:08 - Thoughts on Sean Carroll's Many Worlds- 02:14:08 - Donald Hoffman and Eric Weinstein- 02:22:04 - What is "real"? (Wittgenstein)- 02:28:09 - Knowledge beyond awareness- 02:32:25 - Philosophy as cure against wrong questions- 02:43:11 - Information paradox analogy- 02:50:23 - Learning math/physics with age- 02:51:33 - Carlo's LQG hindsight- 02:53:27 - [Stephon Alexander] Time in Quantum Gravity- 02:55:48 - [Bernardo Kastrup] Relations and infinite regress- 03:00:43 - Idealism vs Materialism- 03:12:33 - Hard Problem of Consciousness as confusion- 03:17:36 - Philosophical Babies vs Zombies- 01:38:29 - [Nikhil Ns] Quantum principle of relativity- 03:23:53 - [goodsirknight] Carlo's LSD experience influence on LQG- 03:34:25 - [Aaron Heidari] Alfred North Whitehead- 03:38:13 - No new ideas needed for quantum gravitySPONSORS:- Brilliant: 20% off with code TOE - https://brilliant.org/TOE- Algo YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9IfRw1QaTglRoX0sN11AQQ- Algo website - https://www.algo.com/- TOE merch (until Dec 2021) - https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch- Patreon - https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal- Crypto - https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE- PayPal - https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE- Twitter - https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- Discord - https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs- iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802- Pandora - https://pdora.co/33b9lfP- Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e- Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything - https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverythingRESOURCES:- YouTube link: https://youtu.be/r_fUPbBNmBw- The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli: https://amzn.to/3ISZYo7- The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist: https://amzn.to/325VKso- Stephon Alexander's "Fear of a Black Universe": https://amzn.to/3seSpTb- Conversations on Quantum Gravity: https://amzn.to/3dXtafH- Quantum principle of relativity: https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.02780- Better Left Unsaid documentary: http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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