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Something Deeply Hidden, by Sean Carroll has changed my understanding of reality more than any book I've ever read. Its the latest explanation of Quantum Fields and wave theory for laymen. For probabilistic thinkers like Spec Listers, it should be readily accessible as probability is the basis of quantum field theory.

The whole world is one quantum wave which evolves according to Schrödinger's formula solves the probability of a reality is the square of the energy wave. Relativities distinctions between matter/energy are gone. Time and space are emergent phenomena of the quantum wave not real things.

Its mind blowing stuff and so different than everything I learned my whole entire life. Highly recommended.

Also interesting are Erwin Schrödinger's lectures, What is Life, describing life, dna, evolution, sentience and consciousness from a quantum physics perspective.

Stefan Jovanovich links to an alternate view:

Q&A: Gerard ’t Hooft on the future of quantum mechanics

The laws of quantum mechanics seem to tell us that there is a fundamental random component to the universe. But Gerard ’t Hooft, who received the Nobel Prize in 1999 for his work on gauge theories in particle physics, is not convinced that physicists have to abandon determinism.

In his new book, The Cellular Automaton Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (Springer, 2016), ’t Hooft suggests that we may simply be lacking the data that would turn quantum probability distributions into specific predictions.

Nils Poertner adds:

Trading in the Zone, by Mark Douglas, touches on this as well. nice chapter on "Belief vs Truth" in context of possibilities and probabilities. good to be surrounded by folks who stimulate oneself in that direction, too, friends, colleagues, this group here, etc.


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