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265 - Jacob Barandes: A New Foundation for Quantum Mechanics
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Jacob Barandes is Senior Preceptor in Physics at Harvard University, where he works widely across the philosophy of physics, with focuses on the foundations of quantum mechanics, the philosophy of spacetime, and the metaphysics of laws. In this episode, Robinson and Jacob focus on the foundations of quantum mechanics. They discuss the importance of history and philosophy in the same, its connections to mathematics, many of the biggest puzzles in quantum physics, and Jacob’s new approach to the foundations, which he refers to as the “Indivisibility” approach. Jacob's Website: https://www.jacobbarandes.com OUTLINE 00:00 Mathematics, Nature, and Physics 07:55 The Deep Link Between Math and…