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PBS Space Time
Will Constructor Theory Rewrite Physics?
Constructor Theory is the ability to see the deepest underlying facts about the world.
How to Communicate Across the Quantum Multiverse
PBS Space Time explores the outer reaches of space, the craziness of astrophysics, the possibilities of sci-fi, and anything else you can think of beyond Planet Earth. Host Matt O'Dowd breaks down both the basic and incredibly complex sides of space and time.
How to Communicate Across the Quantum Multiverse
Season 7 Episode 26 | 13m 43s | CC
In the Many Worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, the universal wavefunction is the reality, encompassing all possible histories and futures and all exist. ut we are only sensitive to a slice of the wavefunction corresponding to our “world”, and due to the superposition principle our world can happily do its thing unperturbed by other parts of the wavefunction - other “ripples,” or worlds.
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