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LINKED MENTIONED:
– Quantum Oblivion paper by Avshalom: https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.2278
– Avshalom’s citations: https://scholar.google.co.il/citations?user=ZivyhegAAAAJ&hl=en
– Leonard Susskind on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p_Hlm6aCok
– The Physicist and the Philosopher (book): https://www.amazon.com/Physicist-Philosopher-Einstein-Bergson-Understanding/dp/0691173176
– Roger Penrose on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGm505TFMbU&list=PLZ7ikzmc6zlN6E8KrxcYCWQIHg2tfkqvR&index=7
– Interpretations of quantum mechanics (paper): https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/p/the-interpretations-of-quantum-mechanics
– Lee Smolin on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOKOodQXjhc
– Quantum mechanical interaction-free measurements (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9305002
– Nonlocal Position Changes of a Photon Revealed by Quantum Routers
(paper): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-26018-y
– Manolis Kellis on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g56lxZwnaqg
– The Quark and the Jaguar (book): https://www.amazon.com/Quark-Jaguar-Adventures-Simple-Complex/dp/0805072535
Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction
03:04 – Unifying Quantum Mechanics and Relativity
04:42 – Prof. Elitzur’s Unconventional Path in Physics
07:02 – The Problem of Unifying Forces in Physics
10:06 – Time’s Role in Relativity and Simplicity in Physics
13:34 – The Nature of Time and the Flow of Events
19:20 – Relativity of Simultaneity Explained
24:22 – Free Will and the Block Universe Debate
28:49 – Time Asymmetry in Physics
31:06 – The Universe’s Expanding Time and Black Holes
35:39 – Einstein, Minkowski, and the Concept of Time
39:43 – Paradigm Shifts in Quantum Mechanics
43:00 – The Concept of Becoming in Physics
49:15 – Quantum Mechanics and Time Symmetry
55:43 – The Two-State Vector Formalism (TSVF)
01:06:15 – Non-Locality and Quantum Zigzag
01:12:50 – New Physics from TSVF: Negative Mass
01:23:00 – Implications of Negative Mass in Physics
01:32:00 – The Emerging New Paradigm in Physics
01:46:46 – Biology, mistakes, and innovation
01:48:01 – Spacetime emerging from nothing
01:50:03 – Wave functions creating spacetime
01:56:08 – Schrödinger’s cat and spacetime
02:00:01 – Unifying quantum mechanics and gravity
02:11:05 – Advice for young physicists
02:16:29 – Support TOE
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