In this episode physicist Julian Barbour argues that time is an illusion and that quantum mechanics may be replaced by a theory based on relational ratios. He explores how entropy, consciousness, and the structure of the universe can be understood without fundamental time or wave functions.
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 01:35 - Consciousness and the Nature of Reality
- 3:23 - The Nature of Time and Change
- 7:01 - The Role of Variety in Existence
- 9:23 - Understanding Entropy and Temperature
- 36:10 - Revisiting the Second Law of Thermodynamics
- 41:33 - The Illusion of Entropy in the Universe
- 46:11 - Rethinking the Past Hypothesis
- 55:03 - Complexity, Order, and Newton's Influence
- 1:02:33 - Evidence Beyond Quantum Mechanics
- 1:16:04 - Age and Structure of the Universe
- 1:18:53 - Open Universe and Ratios
- 1:20:15 - Fundamental Particles and Ratios
- 1:24:20 - Emergence of Structure in Age
- 1:27:11 - Shapes and Their Explanations
- 1:32:54 - Life and Variety in the Universe
- 1:44:27 - Consciousness and Perception of Structure
- 1:57:22 - Geometry, Experience, and Forces
- 2:09:27 - The Role of Consciousness in Shape Dynamics
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RESOURCES:
- Julian's previous appearance on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bprxrGaf0Os
- Neil Turok on TOE (Big Bang): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUp9x44N3uE
- Neil Turok on TOE (Black Holes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZCa1pVE20
- Debunking "All Possible Paths": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcY3ZtgYis0
- John Vervaeke on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVj1KYGyesI
- Jacob Barandes & Scott Aaronson on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rbC3XZr9-c
- The Dark History of Anti-Gravity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBA3RUxkZdc
- Peter Woit on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTSeqsCgxj8
- The Monadology - G.W. Leibniz: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1546527664
- The Janus Point - Julian Barbour: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0465095461
- Reflections on the Motive Power of Heat - Carnot: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1514873974
- Lucretius: On the Nature of Things: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0393341364
- Heisenberg and the Interpretation of QM: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1107403510
- Quantum Mechanics for Cosmologists: https://books.google.ca/books?id=qou0iiLPjyoC&pg=PA99
- Faraday, Maxwell, and the EM Field: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1616149426
- The Feeling of Life Itself - Christof Koch: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08BTCX4BM
- Time's Arrow and Simultaneity (Barbour): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2211.14179
- On the Moving Force of Heat (Clausius): https://sites.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/teaching/2559_Therm_Stat_Mech/docs/Clausius%20Moving%20Force%20heat%201851.pdf
- On the Motions and Collisions of Elastic Spheres (Maxwell): http://www.alternativaverde.it/stel/documenti/Maxwell/1860/Maxwell%20%281860%29%20-%20Illustrations%20of%20the%20dynamical%20theory%20of%20gases.pdf
- Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell-Boltzmann_distribution
- Identification of a Gravitational Arrow of Time: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1409.0917
- The Nature of Time: https://arxiv.org/pdf/0903.3489
- The Solution to the Problem of Time in Shape Dynamics: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1302.6264
- CPT-Symmetric Universe: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1803.08928
- Mach's Principle and Dynamical Theories (JSTOR): https://www.jstor.org/stable/2397395
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