Channel: Closer To Truth

Category: Education

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Description: Why is an observer a critical part of quantum physics? What does it mean to be an observer? Does the act of observation affect what exists and what happens in the external world? Why is observation in the quantum world still a mystery? Free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: bit.ly/376lkKN Watch more interviews on observer physics: bit.ly/3Oo70nQ Anthony Aguirre is Associate Professor of Physics at UC, Santa Cruz. He is Co-Founder and Associate Scientific Director of The Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi). Aguirre received his PhD in Astronomy in 2000 from Harvard. Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: bit.ly/2GXmFsP Closer to Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.