In this episode of Theories of Everything, Curt Jaimungal speaks with physicist Avshalom Elitzur, co-creator of the famous bomb-testing experiment, as he unveils a bold new vision of reality where spacetime emerges from quantum interactions in pure nothingness. Elitzur challenges conventional physics with ideas like negative mass particles and the continuous creation of spacetime, offering a fresh perspective on the nature of existence.
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- Avshalom’s citations: https://scholar.google.co.il/citations?user=ZivyhegAAAAJ&hl=en
- Leonard Susskind on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p_Hlm6aCok
- The Physicist and the Philosopher (book): https://www.amazon.com/Physicist-Philosopher-Einstein-Bergson-Understanding/dp/0691173176
- Roger Penrose on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGm505TFMbU&list=PLZ7ikzmc6zlN6E8KrxcYCWQIHg2tfkqvR&index=7
- Interpretations of quantum mechanics (paper): https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/p/the-interpretations-of-quantum-mechanics
- Lee Smolin on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOKOodQXjhc
- Quantum mechanical interaction-free measurements (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9305002
- Nonlocal Position Changes of a Photon Revealed by Quantum Routers
(paper): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-26018-y
- Manolis Kellis on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g56lxZwnaqg
- The Quark and the Jaguar (book): https://www.amazon.com/Quark-Jaguar-Adventures-Simple-Complex/dp/0805072535
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
03:04 - Unifying Quantum Mechanics and Relativity
04:42 - Prof. Elitzur’s Unconventional Path in Physics
07:02 - The Problem of Unifying Forces in Physics
10:06 - Time’s Role in Relativity and Simplicity in Physics
13:34 - The Nature of Time and the Flow of Events
19:20 - Relativity of Simultaneity Explained
24:22 - Free Will and the Block Universe Debate
28:49 - Time Asymmetry in Physics
31:06 - The Universe’s Expanding Time and Black Holes
35:39 - Einstein, Minkowski, and the Concept of Time
39:43 - Paradigm Shifts in Quantum Mechanics
43:00 - The Concept of Becoming in Physics
49:15 - Quantum Mechanics and Time Symmetry
55:43 - The Two-State Vector Formalism (TSVF)
01:06:15 - Non-Locality and Quantum Zigzag
01:12:50 - New Physics from TSVF: Negative Mass
01:23:00 - Implications of Negative Mass in Physics
01:32:00 - The Emerging New Paradigm in Physics
01:46:46 - Biology, mistakes, and innovation
01:48:01 - Spacetime emerging from nothing
01:50:03 - Wave functions creating spacetime
01:56:08 - Schrödinger's cat and spacetime
02:00:01 - Unifying quantum mechanics and gravity
02:11:05 - Advice for young physicists
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