Quantum Reality: Space, Time, and Entanglement

Brian Greene moderates this fascinating program exploring the fundamental principles of Quantum Physics. Anyone with an interest in science will enjoy this thought-provoking and highly entertaining show.

PARTICIPANTS: Mark Van Raamsdonk, Gerard ’t Hooft, David Wallace, Birgitta Whaley
MODERATOR: Brian Greene

Ninety years after the historic double-slit experiment, the quantum revolution shows no sign of slowing. Join a vibrant conversation with renowned leaders in theoretical physics, quantum computation, and philosophical foundations, focused on how quantum physics continues to impact understanding on issues profound and practical, from the edge of black holes and the fibers of spacetime to teleportation and the future of computers.

This program is part of the Big Ideas Series, made possible with support from the John Templeton Foundation.

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TOPICS:

- Brian Greene's introduction to Quantum Mechanics 00:00

- Participant Introductions 03:32

- Where do we currently stand with quantum mechanics? 05:30

- Chapter One - Quantum Basics 07:48

- The Double Slit experiment 14:18

- Chapter Two - Measurement and Entanglement 26:53

- Quantum Mechanics today is the best we have 41:27

- Chapter Three - Quantum Mechanics and Black Holes 59:07

- Black holes and Hawking Radiation 01:03:56

- Chapter Four - Quantum Mechanics and Spacetime 01:15:45

- Chapter Five - Applied Quantum 01:23:36

[chaslewis]

Time for my monthly dose of “listen to a discussion on quantum mechanical concepts, understand 3/4 of it, forget half of it, try to explain some portion of it to someone, realize I’m an idiot, then listen to more later”

Vicious cycle

[michellebucci]

I am 54 and am so enthralled with quantum physics I can’t get enough. I wish I had felt this way in my 20 s. I’m so impressed with the intelligence of these people

[jellymop]

I don’t always watch 90 minute videos on science, but when I do, it’s a lecture by Brian Greene.
B. Greene Squad

[chrish]

I’m a 50 year old bricklayer and I’m having a beer 🍺 and haven’t watched anything so good in my life
Brilliant I’m loving it

[stevesynan]

I really dig Brian Greene’s style. He is very good at reeling in the discussion and keeping things focused, then translating complex ideas into intuitive analogies. Some people say he interrupts too much but I disagree, without him the discussion would spiral into confusion for the average viewer. I feel like he gives the guests plenty of room to speak before offering his translations. He would be an incredible teacher.

[lavkian]

I don't always watch 90 minute videos on science, but when I do, it's a midnight on a school night.

[tag]

Brian Greene does it again. He pretends to be the one in the panel of experts who does get it in his humble way so we can all feel better about being part of the subject and then he transposes everything the panel members say into something we can all understand. He can distill all of it for us. He has the unique ability to be the frame that holds the window we are trying to look through. I am no scientist nor am I an expert but Mr. Greene allows me in particular to enjoy being curious about all of this. Thanks again Brian Greene, I have enjoyed all of your publications - written and verbal. TW

[kaister]

Even though I struggle to understand easily 70% of the stuff said in this video. I love watching it. It feels so cathartic to see what the best minds in humanity have achieved. We as a species have gone from living in caves to studying the very atoms that make those caves.

[zzscotty]

Mark Van Raamsdonk is a brilliant physicist. His idea of unifying classical physics and quantum physics via Susskind's and 't Hooft's holography, Einsteinian classical gravity and Einsteinian quantum entanglement to explain the structure of spacetime is the biggest leap forward in this area since the establishment of QED in the 1950s. No wonder Greene expressed his feeling of awe and applauded this work. Van Raamsdonk is a Nobel caliber physicist.

[timsullivan]

I am constantly amazed at and thankful for the quality of the discussions presented by the World Science Festival! Thanks Brian and everyone at WSF.

[joannacolasito]

I love listening to this whenever I need to finish something for school, hoping my subconscious mind is studying it for me so I’ll have exciting dreams at night.

[MrVikingsandra]

This is absolutely brilliant! I've never seen the double slit experiment "live". I also love that the Nobel Prize guest is the only one who brought notes 😄

[leticiamatsubara]

Holy shit....randonly looking for quantum mechanics videos, found this one, and MY TEACHER IS IN THE VIDEO (Birgitta Whaley)!!! I'm stoked!

[ffrankk]

In this time of fake news and mental crazyness on television and the news, it is so healing for me to have found this channel! Thank you for bringing this very highly appreciated knowledge!

[bradleymcewen]

These are some of the only types of videos where i really enjoy sitting and listening while reading all the long comments about others perceptions, the internet really is a gift. Ive just read the opinions of about 20 people that are all complete strangers from different walks of life and at the end i have different perspectives then when i started, even if it wasn't the same as their idea because now i can compare so many perspectives which reveals new ones always! It fascinates me to imagine what knowledge we will have uncovered in hundreds of years if we are here now, for a long time nobody thought of mobile phones but the perspective of wanting to communicate with another creature that you cannt see, smell or feel, resulted in people eventually experimenting on how to do that.

[M_K]

Scary and exhilarating at the same time. And realize that these insights are still the tip of the iceberg. The universe is so awesome.

[BobStBubba]

Brian Greene is da man -- the adult equivalent of Bill Nye the Science Guy. I am terminally math-impaired, yet deeply interested in both relativity's time/space counterintuitions, and quantum mechanics' weirdnesses; Greene seems to intuit workarounds for mathlexics like me, so that while I can't "math" it, I can indeed "picture" it.
And his moderation of this assemblage of heavyweights was, in addition to being pitch perfect, also a demonstration of his grasp of the cutting-edge boundaries of physics in general. "They also serve who stand and wait -- and moderate."

[BeckBeckGo]

Literally any topic:

Brian Greene: let's do the double slit experiment!

[pbseethu]

What an amazing session! Brian Greene is science’s gift to the general public!

[arindamhansda]

This is the most important video I have seen on internet.

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