Emily Adlam: The "All At Once" Universe Shatters Our View of Time

In this episode Emily Adlam challenges the common assumption that time flows, presenting an “all-at-once” view of physics where the universe resembles a completed Sudoku puzzle. The conversation delves into quantum measurement, observer roles, causality, and the arrow of time, highlighting the need for both philosophical clarity and scientific precision.- 00:00 - Introduction- 00:56 - Observers in Quantum Mechanics- 02:15 - The Measurement Problem- 06:23 - Dogmas in Quantum Foundations- 08:24 - Causation and Its Philosophical Implications- 09:12 - The Arrow of Time and Its Mysteries- 10:28 - Exploring Coarse Graining and Reductionism- 13:21 - Non-Locality: Temporal vs. Spatial- 16:06 - The Nature of Non-Locality- 19:34 - Temporal Non-Locality and Its Implications- 21:51 - Retrocausality: The All-at-Once Perspective- 26:25 - The Measurement Problem and All-at-Once Framework- 28:24 - Observer-Centric Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics- 31:29 - Probabilities in Physics- 32:51 - The Process Matrix and Causal Structures- 38:33 - Foundations of Physics and Philosophy- 1:05:16 - The Emergence of Space-Time- 1:08:11 - Exploring Correlations in Physical Parameters- 1:10:44 - Epistemology of the Measurement Problem- 1:13:26 - Lessons in Patience and PersistenceSPONSORS:- The Economist: 20% off discount https://www.economist.com/toe- Substack: personal writings https://curtjaimungal.substack.com- Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/SpotifyTOE- YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungalRESOURCES:- Emily's profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emily-Adlam- Spooky Action at a Temporal Distance (paper): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7512241/pdf/entropy-20-00041.pdf- Quantum Field Theory and the Limits of Reductionism (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2407.20457- Two Roads of Retrocausality (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.12934- Taxonomy for Physics Beyond Quantum Mechanics (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.12293- Strong Determinism (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2203.02886- Carlo Rovelli on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF4SAketEHY- Stephen Wolfram on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YRlQQw0d-4- Emily interviewed about Nonlocality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR7aPlZg7dE&ab_channel=GeorgeMusser- Tim Palmer on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlklA6jsS8A- Tim Maudlin on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU1bs5o3nss- Algorithmic Randomness and Probabilistic Laws (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.01411- Governing Without a Fundamental Direction of Time (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2109.09226- Matt Segal on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeTm4fSXpbM- Jacob Barandes on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oWip00iXbo&list=PLZ7ikzmc6zlN6E8KrxcYCWQIHg2tfkqvR&index=33- Sabine Hossenfelder on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3y-Z0pgupg&t=1s- Bernardo Kastrup and Sabine on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJmBmopxc1k&t=755s&ab_channel=CurtJaimungal- Sean Carroll on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AoRxtYZrZo- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices