Category Archives: Philosophy

Our Quantum Reality: A Physics-Art Project

Posted on April 1, 2019 by P A Knott

Cross posted from FQXi’s blog: https://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/3253 I recently completed a collaborative art-physics project, with award-winning artist Joseph Namara Hollis, to produce a short, illustrated book about the quantum mechanical reality in which we live. From the start, this was an ambitious … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy, Quantum art, Quantum foundations, Science & Society, Superposition | 6 Comments

Will artificial intelligence take over the world?

Posted on June 21, 2018 by P A Knott

In recent years, there has been increasing concern that sometime in the future a super-intelligent AI will rise up, take over the world, and destroy all humanity. Is this a real concern? Or is it over-hyped science fiction, with no … Continue reading →

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What does quantum mechanics tell us about reality? Part II

Posted on April 23, 2018 by P A Knott

This blog post follows on from a previous post, “What does quantum mechanics tell us about reality”, in which I tried to give a balanced and non-technical overview of some of the interpretations of quantum mechanics. In this post I will … Continue reading →

Posted in Entanglement, Philosophy, Quantum foundations, Superposition | 9 Comments

What does quantum mechanics tell us about reality?

Posted on March 6, 2018 by P A Knott

In this blog post I will introduce a core philosophical issue at the heart of quantum mechanics, and some of the most popular resolutions to this problem. This will be a non-technical introduction – I will try to avoid jargon … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy, Quantum foundations, Quantum research | 5 Comments