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Harvard physicist Jacob Barandes returns with a groundbreaking insight that could reshape quantum theory. By questioning a single hidden assumption, Jacob bridges the gap between classical probability and quantum mechanics. This ‘mathematical accident’ challenges the foundations of Bell’s Theorem, dissolves the measurement problem, and opens a path to a... show more

Curt Jaimungal

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Chad Atkins1 year ago

So we now have permission to go full woo

🦋XTXSTS🦋1 year ago

Nobody trusts anything coming out of Harvard anymore.

Third_Eye_Prophet1 year ago

Will listen on a long drive tomorrow. I've always wanted to hear a long discussion on this thought experiment- If you made quarks and leptons the size of earth and we had the tools, time, and protection to dig in and experiment on them, what would you expect to find?

Pat B1 year ago

Dude you need to learn some real physics (wave mechanics) rather than getting bogged down in mathematics which is just another tool to model anything and everything even if they are not based in reality

💎 OneOver2Pi 💎1 year ago

“Honey, wake up, Curt dropped a new video with Jacob Barandes”

TECHNOCORP ™1 year ago

Physics is inconsistent, and the assumption that a region/local space can be isolated from the rest of the universe is just wrong. A coherent model to measure things is an attempt to standardize observations across localities where each observer exist. The past, present and future civilizations have achieves this in various degrees. But Physics cannot explain existence. Anyway, Jacob and everyone were too busy trying to get good marks and did not question what they were being taught as undergraduates:

dodubb1 year ago

Such good content thank you both!

Chris B. Behrens1 year ago

@skdh ?

ⓧaugmntd 🛞 Xakubio1 year ago

philosophers are working!!

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