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Quantum Paradoxes: 5 Ways to Test the Multiverse | Maria Violaris

Can we actually test whether the multiverse is real? Not just philosophicallybut scientifically?

Quantum physicist Maria Violaris presents five remarkable experiments, from Schrödinger's cat to Googl

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Trying to understand 😊
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thank you
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You look beautiful!!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge ❤
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Так ты он или она? Это один вопрос. Вы хотите проверить мультивселенную? Это все равно, что блоха хочет проверить кота Шредингера на наличие блох
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I was still confused about this topic.
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Bem técnico, é didático em seu contexto.
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Alice and Bob eloped and quit their jobs in the QC department. Their replacements are ABbie (Normal) and BArt (Simp). I was there alone the first time this news was observed.
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I don’t think this is how quantum transformations work; fields cannot be used as true or false quantifiers, they are open image volumes of potential; we must use differentials, remainder & no assumptions; it is not this or that, it is a spectrum distribution of all qualifiers.
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I think that adorable cat prop ought to be auctioned and with the cat comes a little authenticity card with a little thought from Quantum Physicist Maria Violaris. I would bid. :chillwcat:🌸
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This idea is in David Deutsch book
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I'm very confused by the first part of this presentation. I'm no quantum physicist but my understanding was that all of the components in the box were in a shared superposition UNTIL an interaction collapses the wave function, not that shared superpositions only occur AFTER an interaction from an observer. Violaris says when we open the box to check the cat, we enter into its superposition. This is almost exactly the opposite of what I thought previously to this.
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شكرا لك🎉
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Few minutes in and I'm surprised she didn't even mention what a multiverse is. Surely with the tests you are going to spend all of the time testing, it's important to ensure everyone is clear about the definition of what is being tested?

PS: Based on my understanding of the multiverse, does this mean that quantum computers are right in one universe and wrong in the rest?
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A very sweet explanation of quantic world 🤣
Love it. Thanks for the talk
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very nicely depicted 🫱🫲
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Thank you for this. Very interesting.
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I always enjoy these presentations. Warm regards to Dr. Martin Rees who always comes to mind when I watch an RI video. Fascinating talk by Dr. Violoris.
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Watched videos of well researched and some educated guessing (because some knowledge is closely guarded) and there is little chance another company comes in to produce rival machines to ASML. The engineering feels almost alien, that's how impressive it is.
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What do you make of the five tests? Here's where to find each one:

0:00 Introduction
2:14 Test 1 – Reversing Schrödinger's cat
16:31 Test 2 – The quantum bomb tester
27:14 Test 3 – Quantum teleportation
39:12 Test 4 – Google's Willow quantum chip
46:52 Test 5 – Communicating across the multiverse

Maria's YouTube channel and Quantum Foundations Podcast: youtube.com/@maria_violaris

Which test was most convincing to you? Let us know below 👇