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Is everything predetermined? Why physicists are reviving a taboo idea

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Is everything predetermined? Why physicists are reviving a taboo idea

Superdeterminism makes sense of the quantum world by suggesting it is not as random as it seems, but critics say it undermines the whole premise of science. Does the idea deserve its terrible reputation?

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Max Born

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Max Born

Frozen cloud of molecules acts as a single quantum object

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Frozen cloud of molecules acts as a single quantum object

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Richard Feynman

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Richard Feynman

Quantum field theory

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Quantum field theory

Quantum computers are revealing an unexpected new theory of reality

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Quantum computers are revealing an unexpected new theory of reality

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Neutrinos change their identities and we don't know why

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Neutrinos change their identities and we don't know why

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Antimatter atoms can be precisely manipulated and cooled with lasers

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Antimatter atoms can be precisely manipulated and cooled with lasers

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A quantum trick with photons gives machine learning a speed boost

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A quantum trick with photons gives machine learning a speed boost

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Physicists have measured gravity on the smallest scale ever

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Physicists have measured gravity on the smallest scale ever

The smallest-scale measurements of gravity ever made show that a tiny gold ball weighing 90 milligrams can move another gold ball just a few nanometres through gravitational pull

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Quantum weirdness isn’t weird – if we accept objects don’t exist

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We may have to rewrite our understanding of gravity

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A warp drive that doesn't break the laws of physics is possible

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How time works with Sean Carroll