Warsaw Spacetime Colloquium #9 - Sean Carroll (2021/02/26)
Channel: International Center for Formal Ontology
Date: 2021-03-08

Title: From Quantum Mechanics to Spacetime

Chair: Antonio Vassallo

Abstract: Nine decades in, the foundations of quantum mechanics remain mysterious. Meanwhile, modern physicists puzzle over how to reconcile quantum mechanics with gravity. I will suggest that these problems are related, and that a promising strategy suggests itself: rather than “quantizing gravity”, we should look for gravity within quantum mechanics. This approach has interesting consequences for how we think about the nature of space and time.
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The Colloquium's goal is to provide a window into the state-of-the-art in the foundations of spacetime physics. It brings together top-level philosophers and physicists willing to share their current research with an international audience. The Colloquium is organized by the Philosophy of Physics Group at the International Center for Formal Ontology, Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences, Warsaw University of Technology.