Does Many Worlds Justify Quantum Probabilities?
PBS Space Time

Does Many Worlds Justify Quantum Probabilities?

B1IntermediateNovember 14, 202624 min
  • One speaker
  • Science

Check Out our NEW MERCH Store! For 15% Off Use the Code: PBS https://crowdmade.com/collections/pbsspacetime Principle of Indifference Proof: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qsYNMb6OK3ZbJADE0jDXWsjp6OtijPBS/view?usp=sharing Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime The mystery of what happens when we go from a superposition to a definite state is known as the Measurement Problem, and it’s arguably the most mysterious outstanding problem in physics. The different interpretations of quantum mechanics are really about solving the measurement problem. But Many Worlds of...

Play episode

Opens the player: the full transcript, every word clickable, with translation and flashcards.

Try it: tap any word

Real sentences from the start of this episode. Every word is marked with its level.

Sentence 1 of 12 · 0:00

,

with brand new merch.

Tap a word to see its meaning in your language.

Do you know these words?

8 harder words from this episode. Tap one to see what it means, then mark it.

Mark a few words and we'll tell you how this episode fits your level.

Is this episode right for you?

B1

B1 · Intermediate

Fine if you can follow simple news

A1 18%A2 30%B1 31%B2 17%C1 5%
  • 78% of the words are B1 or easier.
  • 128 words a minute: slow, clear speech.
  • 97 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.

Transcript

The opening of the episode. The whole transcript is in the player.

0:00

Before we get into it, I just wanted to let you know that we have a brand new merch store with brand new merch. More info at the end of the episode. So you've signed up for a cloning experiment.

0:10

Gotta pay off them student loans somehow. The researchers put you to sleep and place you in their cloning machine. It clones you at a subatomic level, creating two perfect copies. As they had previously informed you, they then take one of your clones, still asleep,

0:26

a room in LA and the other one to a room in New York. As you wake up you remember everything about the experiment up until the point you were put to sleep. A researcher in the room with you that asks you what is the probability that we are in

That was the opening. The rest of the episode (24 min) is in the player: every word clickable, with translation, saved words and flashcards.

Continue in the player

Automatically generated from the audio. May contain errors. Audio belongs to its publisher and is played from their feed. Rights holders can request removal — copyright & takedown policy