Chaos: The real problem with quantum mechanics
Sabine Hossenfelder Sabine Hossenfelder
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 Published On May 28, 2022

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You have probably heard people saying that the problem with quantum mechanics is that it's non-local or that it's impossible to understand or that it defies common sense. But the problem is much simpler, it's that quantum mechanics is a linear theory and therefore doesn't correctly reproduce chaos. Physicists have known this for a long time but it's rarely discussed. In this video I explain what the problem is, what physicists have done to try and solve it, and why that solution doesn't work.

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You find the estimate for Saturn's moon Hyperion in Zurek's review https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0105127

A much easier to digest and more readable review by Michael Berry is here: https://michaelberryphysics.files.wor...

And you can find a brief summary on Sean Carroll's blog
https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/...

0:00 Intro
0:27 The trouble with Hyperion
4:04 The alleged solution
6:02 The trouble with the solution
7:46 What a real solution requires
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