Quantemplation: Recent Episodes
Dr Paul Webster
Scientific insights on a variety of topics from popular culture to the meaning of life from the perspective of a quantum physicist. Text of all episodes available at https://quantemplation.substack.com/.
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Thank you for joining me on this journey of Quantemplation.
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In the search for intelligence, all that twitters is not gold.
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Summary: Future posts will be only once every second fortnight.
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There is one element chemistry can never tame - the element of surprise.
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There is more to starlight than meets the eye.
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Nature can do amazing things - if you don't mind working up a sweat.
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Impossibilities can reveal new possibilities.
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The fault with bacteria from Mars is not in our stars, but in ourselves.
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You cannot understand the universe if you are afraid of the dark.
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We should celebrate the infinite richness of reality… as long as it actually exists.
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The quantum apocalypse is not imminent. You can bank on it!
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What have you learnt from Quantemplation this year? And what questions has it left you with? Please let me know in the comments at quantemplation.substack.com, or by emailling communityscienceschool@gmail.com.
This episode refers to the following past episodes, which can be found in this podcast feed. The transcript of each episode can also be found at quantemplation.substack.com.
- The Surprising Physics of the Star Wars Force
- How Mathematical Logic Uncovered the Power of Human Intuition
- The Science of Teleportation
- Reality Beyond Imagining: Probability and the Quantum Multiverse
- Reality in the Eye of the Beholder: Probability and Quantum Subjectivity
- Putting Quantum Physics to the Test: The Story Behind the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics
- Interstellar Travel in the Blink of an Eye
- Why The Universe is Losing Energy
- Schrödinger's Cat Was Never Both Alive and Dead
- Like Sunbathing in the Sahara: The Science of Sydney Sunburn
- Order From Chaos: The Reason We Are So Big
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Seven octillion wrongs make a right.
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I love a radiation burnt country.
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If you are completely confused by quantum mechanics, you do not understand it.
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Violations of conservation of energy are only a matter of time.
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Distant planets are in our future.
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Science finds the reality in dreams, at the utility in reality.
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Quantum mechanics brings uncertainty into physical reality. Part 2 of a two-part exploration of interpretations of probability and their implications for quantum mechanics.
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Quantum mechanics brings probability into physical reality. Part 1 of a two-part exploration of interpretations of probability and their implications for quantum mechanics.
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The trick to moving fast is to become light.
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To err is human, and to be human is special.
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Only a Sith deals in absolutes. A physicist deals in probabilities.
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