Unlocking Quantum Mysteries: The Surprising Role of Gravity 🌌

Leading physicist Raphael Bousso joins Brian Greene to explore the almost unreasonable capacity of our theories of gravity to give deep insights into quantum physics. This program is part of the Big Ideas series, supported by the John Templeton Foundation. Participant: Raphael Bousso Moderator: Brian Greene 0:00:00 - Introduction 00:01:12 Are there any cracks in Quantum Mechanics? 00:03:18 Bousso’s Case for Measurement-Driven Physics 00:06:00 Does Quantum Mechanics Describe Reality? 00:09:37 How Decoherence Hides Quantum Weirdness 00:15:05 Difference between Quantum and Classical Mechanics 00:17:50 What Would Einstein Think of Modern Quantum Theory? 00:21:19 Entanglement’s Place in the Weird World of Quantum Theory 00:26:45 Bousso’s Intuition for How Entanglement Works 00:29:12 Einstein’s EPR Worries — What Do We Make of Them Now? 00:33:22 What Is a Singularity in a Black Hole? 00:38:06 How Oppenheimer and Snyder Modeled a Collapsing Star 00:44:27 Insights Into Hawking Radiation - When Black Holes Began to Evaporate 00:55:24 Gravity’s Quantum Secrets 01:01:16 What Does Holography Say About Reality? 01:04:28 Rethinking How We Talk About Unification 01:08:48 Bousso & Wall: The Quantum Focusing Conjecture 01:14:33 From Theory to Test: Holography Gets Real 01:19:34 The Value of String Theory Beyond Being 'Right' 01:22:06 Penrose and the Proof That Singularities Are Real 01:28:02 Hawking’s Theorem and the Rise of Singularities 01:32:41 Is Gravity the Missing Piece in Quantum Theory? 01:39:07 How Bousso and Polchinski Rethought the Cosmological Constant 01:51:10 Will the Universe Ever Give Up This Secret? 01:53:31 Credits VISIT our Website: http://www.worldsciencefestival.com FOLLOW us on Social Media: Facebook: / worldsciencefestival Twitter: / worldscifest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/worldscifest/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@worldscifest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-science-festival #worldsciencefestival #briangreene #gravity #astrophysics #quantumgravity #quantumphysics