This Simple Change Makes Quantum Theory (Finally) Make Sense

Curt Jaimungal August 25, 2025
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Exploring theoretical physics, consciousness, Ai, and philosophy in a technical manner. Visit https://curtjaimungal.substack.com for early access videos and extra writings. My name's Curt Jaimungal, a Torontonian with a degree in mathematical physics from the University of Toronto and I analyze various Theories of Everything from this analytic perspective. The separating factor of TOE from other podcasts is its focus on depth even at the risk of limiting the audience due to how much detail we delve into subjects, paralleling the intensity found in academic discourse. Theories of Everything is known for being the most technical podcast in the physics, math, and philosophy space, as its audience is geared toward academics / researchers / faculty. Contact toe [at] indiefilmTO [dot] com for business inquiries / sponsorship. Guests do not pay to appear.

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Full episode with Jacob Barandes: https://youtu.be/gEK4-XtMwro As a listener of TOE you can get a special 20% off discount to The Economist and all it has to offer! Visit https://www.economist.com/toe Join My New Substack (Personal Writings): https://curtjaimungal.substack.com Listen on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/SpotifyTOE Links Mentioned: •⁠ ⁠Press release of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics: https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2022/10/press-physicsprize2022-2.pdf •⁠ ⁠Eddy Chen & Barry Loewer on TOE: https://youtu.be/xZnafO__IZ0 •⁠ ⁠Jacob Barandes on TOE (part 1): https://youtu.be/7oWip00iXbo •⁠ ⁠Tim Maudlin on TOE: https://youtu.be/fU1bs5o3nss •⁠ ⁠What Is Real? (book): https://amzn.to/4kiZLfs •⁠ ⁠David Wallace on TOE: https://youtu.be/4MjNuJK5RzM •⁠ ⁠The Copenhagen Interpretation: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-copenhagen/ •⁠ ⁠Bohmian Mechanics: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-bohm/ •⁠ ⁠Everettian Quantum Mechanics: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-everett/ •⁠ ⁠Jacob Barandes on TOE (part 2): https://youtu.be/YaS1usLeXQM •⁠ ⁠Jacob Barandes on TOE (part 3): https://youtu.be/wrUvtqr4wOs •⁠ ⁠The sky is blue (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.00568 •⁠ ⁠The Emergent Universe (book): https://amzn.to/3TktOss •⁠ ⁠Complex Coordinates and Quantum Mechanics (paper): https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.38.36 •⁠ ⁠Kurt Vonnegut’s lecture: https://youtu.be/4_RUgnC1lm8 •⁠ ⁠Max Born’s memoir: https://archive.org/details/myliferecollecti0000born/page/n5/mode/2up •⁠ ⁠Hugh Everett’s unpublished dissertation: https://ia801909.us.archive.org/20/items/TheTheoryOfTheUniversalWaveFunction/The%20Theory%20of%20the%20Universal%20Wave%20Function.pdf •⁠ ⁠La nouvelle cuisine (paper): https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/speakable-and-unspeakable-in-quantum-mechanics/la-nouvelle-cuisine/6FFC85D84585D9C41AA4A1185BF5290E •⁠ ⁠The Great Rift in Physics (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.20067 •⁠ ⁠Quantum stochastic processes (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.01894 •⁠ ⁠Bell’s Theorem: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bell-theorem/ •⁠ ⁠Neil Turok on TOE: https://youtu.be/zNZCa1pVE20 •⁠ ⁠Demystifying Sci w/ Jacob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9068pS75Uds •⁠ ⁠Ivette Fuentes on TOE: https://youtu.be/cUj2TcZSlZc •⁠ ⁠Sidney Coleman’s lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtyNMlXN-sw •⁠ ⁠The Quantum Theory of Fields (book): https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Theory-Fields-Foundations/dp/0521670535 •⁠ ⁠Curt’s String Theory Iceberg: https://youtu.be/X4PdPnQuwjY •⁠ ⁠The Material Theory of Induction (book): https://amzn.to/46mDz0E •⁠ The Zeilinger Lecture (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkNctdTOJ_Q Become a YouTube Member (Early Access Videos): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join Support TOE on Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs #science

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