PIRSA:13060000

In Praise of Weakness

Steinberg, A. (2013). In Praise of Weakness. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/13060000

Steinberg, Aephraim. In Praise of Weakness. Perimeter Institute, Jun. 05, 2013, https://pirsa.org/13060000 

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            doi = {},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/13060000},
            author = {Steinberg, Aephraim},
            keywords = {Quantum Fields and Strings},
            language = {en},
            title = {In Praise of Weakness},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2013},
            month = {jun},
            note = {PIRSA:13060000 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Aephraim Steinberg University of Toronto

Talk numberPIRSA:13060000
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Talk Type Public Lectures
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Abstract

While quantum mechanics is an immensely powerful and precise theory which seems to describe everything in the world, its insistence on only predicting what happens when we make "measurements" has left scientists and philosophers alike puzzled - as David Mermin summarized one of Einstein's concerns, "Is the moon there when nobody looks?" Dr. Steinberg will talk about some of the new ideas revolutionizing our view of quantum measurement, in particular the surprising advantages of measuring things "weakly" and suggest that new hints may be emerging about how we should think about Einstein's moon.