The Institute for Arts and Ideas had reached out to me awhile back to write an article on gauge theory which ended up morphing into an article on mathematical rigor and quantum field theory. This was a topic I spent a lot of my time thinking about during my postdoc years in academia (not so … Continue reading Is mathematical rigour key to scientific certainty?
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Tim Maudlin | Bell’s Theorem and Beyond: Nobody Understands Quantum Mechanics
Tim Maudlin is a philosopher of science specializing in the foundations of physics, metaphysics, and logic. He is a professor at New York University, a member of the Foundational Questions Institute, and the founder and director of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics. In this very in-depth discussion, Tim and I probe … Continue reading Tim Maudlin | Bell’s Theorem and Beyond: Nobody Understands Quantum Mechanics