What Physicists Don't Want You to Know About Quantum Mechanics

what's the deal with objectivity?

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Music: "Hanen" by Carthago

Chapters
00:00 - Cold Open
00:49 - Part 1: The Uncertainty Principle
05:00 - Part 2: Interpreting "Uncertainty"
08:07 - Part 3: Scientific Worldviews
11:22 - Part 4: What Does Feminism Have To Do With It?
16:15 - Part 5: Objectivity and Who's Allowed in the Club
23:17 - Final Thoughts
26:59 - Fun Science Postscript

[obsolettuce]

Really interesting video. I've always been proud of my objective and rational mind, which made me go through my science curriculum pretty easily. But I guess I never really tried to understand why it was that way, and I never dared to question if it was the only way we could see reality (despite having studied quantum mechanics).
Thanks for this train of thought. I definitely think in politics, and human interaction in general, it's extremely important to acknowledge that not all is known, or even knowable.

[michaelneedssleep]

I was sent here by Zoe Bee. Physics is the one scientific field I struggle the most with, so I’m grateful whenever I have the opportunity to listen to someone who makes it more accessible. The perspective is a bonus.

PS - I was always skeptical/critical of string theory, and I thought it was because I’m a killjoy. Turns out I am a killjoy, but I was right once.

[bananatassium]

i've been on the educational side of youtube for a solid 5 years and i've never had a video give me a full philosophical mindblow like this one did. amazing, thank you for making such an incredible video!

[hambonesmithsonian]

I am a black undergrad and physics and I have never felt more seen in my entire life. Thank you so much for making this video. Luckily my department is a lot more based about the inherent subjectivity of the process of doing science. Please keep making many more videos, but only if you’re into it.

[tylerk]

I've been consuming a lot of social, economic and political science content lately, and coming across someone who similarly has passion for both 'hard' (with the biggest of air quotes) sciences and social sciences is a really fresh take, and very much speaks to me. Thank you, keep it up.

[MegaTomate]

Really great video! I'm a Chilean physicist (in between my undergrad and my masters) And I've had an interest in philosophy of science since I entered the field. I would say I started with this naive view of science as objective knowledge, but as I've learned more about the field(physics and philosophy of science) I would say that a view like that is harder and harder to maintain. I think with this video you touch on a lot of interesting questions, and you have some really great points about a lot of things that are not generally discussed in physics (even though they should be).

[JohntheDuncan]

Got recommended this video in the comments of a video i did on epistemology and the weird ways it's utilised in online debates and I'm very glad it was recommended. This video ruled!

[nataliejennings]

This was an exceptional video essay, and very entertaining. I think you clearly have a knack for this! Hope that we get to see more soon ^___^

[Kodabeahr]

TDLR “Here’s what we know”

“No, here’s what we think we know about what we think we know”

[bobbylope]

Loved the video, especially how you applied it to the idea of objectivity/in a more social context.

[torrluv]

Oh my. I really loved this video. And I love the conversation that can be fostered from it. I look forward to your future content!

[TVIslamScience]

Super awesome! Can't wait to see what's coming next.

[mikeymannmade]

I can see why your channel has blown up so quickly and I thank the algorithm gods for sending you my way, your's is such a refreshing perspective and while I'm currently too poor to support your patreon I am definitely a fan and I eagerly await more of your videos. I always intended to take humanities alongside wherever I end up in stem, but I feel you have effectively warned me to be prepared for these biases whithin the very systems of the higher educations. Not to be unscientific but to be more open in my understanding, and also highlighting the importance of my taking humanities. So thanks for starting this channel!

[adithyasj]

These videos are amazing. Please keep them coming. I found one video and thought to myself 'I know what I'm binging today' only to find that there are only two videos.

[ami]

I loved this video, can't wait to see what's next!

[michaeldfarmer]

This was delightful! I look forward to seeing where you go.

[womanlovercapitalismhater]

Absolutely loved this can't wait to see more!

[SC-zqcu]

There is a big problem in this video. Quantum mechanical worldview does not say that there are no observer independent facts. Sure it does say that measurements are affected by the observer, but measurements are not the end all be all in q-mech. In q-mech instead of measurements the fundamental truths of nature are represented by wavefunctions which are observer-independent and thus very much like how you describe newtonian measurements as. So q-mech scientists are as much objectivists as class-mech scientists are, its just that their notion of what counts as "objective" is different.

[tsukinotsuru]

Just wanted to say thank you so much for putting in subtitles! Really enjoyed your video, will be staring off into space for a little while thinking on it more 😄

[MagicTre]

This was a great video! Looking forward to following your YouTube journey