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What Janna Levin thinks about quantum mechanics

@janna-levin · 24 positions · 0 changes of mind

Theoretical cosmologist, professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University, and chief science officer of Pioneer Works.

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  1. Our readingInformation is not lost in a black hole; the paradox is a crisis handing us clues, not a sign that quantum mechanics fails.

    Their wordsI’m unhappy with that. I would not be happy with information loss. I love that it’s telling us that there’s this crisis because I do think it’s giving us the clues, and we have to take them seriously.

    ↗Janna Levin: Black Holes, Wormholes, Aliens, Paradoxes & Extra Dimensions | Lex Fridman Podcast #468youtube.com 11th of 24 in this recording

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  3. Our readingThe thing to give up in the information paradox is locality: keep the empty event horizon, and let things be connected non-locally by wormholes.

    Their wordsI’m going back to the vacuum. The empty space, the beautiful event horizon I’ll give up locality, meaning that I will allow things to be connected non-locally by a wormhole.

    ↗Janna Levin: Black Holes, Wormholes, Aliens, Paradoxes & Extra Dimensions | Lex Fridman Podcast #468youtube.com 14th of 24 in this recording