Quantum physics and the first-person perspective, an introduction to the conference
Here is a post-conference conversation among the organizers of the “Physics of first-person perspective” conference, 2022, produced in a collaboration between Essentia Foundation and the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Vienna (IQOQI-Vienna), of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Although this conversation took place just after the conference, it serves as a tantalizing introduction to the themes discussed. Videos of the conference’s presentations will be available on this channel in the course of the next weeks.
For more information on the IQOQI-Vienna: https://www.iqoqi-vienna.at/
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Chapters:
00:00 Highlights
01:53 Intro
03:18 Quantum physics and the first person perspective
05:00 Anton Zeilinger and where the field of quantum mechanics stands
08:18 End of the shut up and calculate era?
09:58 “What do physicists say after two glasses of wine?
11:54 What is a measurement and what constitutes an observer?
13:11 Key insights from the conference
16:16 The importance of being metaphysically agnostic
17:43 No go theorems instead of metaphysics
19:28 Is the field progressing?
22:39 Bernardo on Rovelli’s relational interpretation of quantum mechanics
29:14 What is Marks Müllers theoretical departure point?
32:28 The only metaphysically neutral question is: what will I see next?
35:02 On Wigners Friend
37:57 No go theorems on the basis of Wigners Friend
39:39 Isn’t quantum theory simply incomplete or wrong?
41:30 Quantum theory is only weird when you assume physical states are fundamental
47:24 What could a real life Wigners Friend experiment tell us philosophically?
49:48 How are measurements ‘synced’? How to avoid solipsism?
54:57 The world is a less intuitive place then we think…
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