# Amanda Gefter

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QBism: The Radical Theory That Observation Creates Physical Reality

Curt Jaimungal examines QBism's radical claim that quantum mechanics proves reality depends on conscious observers Curt and guests discuss the participatory universe, probability, and the implications for consciousness and physics.- 00:00 - Intro- 00:56 - John Wheeler- 07:42 - Participatory Univers…

BookLab 037: Ten Year Anniversary Special

Hosts Dan Falk and Amanda Gefter reflect on favorite science books, publishing trends, and more as BookLab marks its first ten years.

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Episode 183 - Amanda Gefter's search for Peter Putnam

Amanda Gefter was researching a famed physicist when she kept seeing the name "Putnam" in his journals. That led her to an unknown but brilliant scientist who came up with an explanation of how the human brain works.

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Episode 183 - Amanda Gefter's search for Peter Putnam

Amanda Gefter was researching a famed physicist when she kept seeing the name "Putnam" in his journals. That led her to an unknown but brilliant scientist who came up with an explanation of how the human brain works.

Felix Finster: How Dirac's 90-Year-Old Error Unifies All of Physics

Felix Finster proposes causal fermion systems unify physics by building spacetime from quantum correlations. The conversation covers the Dirac sea, emergence of geometry, the Born rule, and implications for quantum gravity and cosmology.Every episode days early, ad-free, plus my essays: https://cur…

In search of nothing | David Deutsch, Amanda Gefter, Lee Smolin

What is nothing? Can it be defined, either philosophically or scientifically? Or will the exploration of nothing bring, ultimately, to nothing? The philosophical exploration of nothingness is an ancient one, from the mysterious number zero through theological understandings of the absence of God ri…

Coming this Musical InnerTuesday!

Science writer Amanda Gefter joins us for a fascinating discussion about one day in 1939 that challenged our ideas about stability.

Coming this Musical InnerTuesday!

Science writer Amanda Gefter joins us for a fascinating discussion about one day in 1939 that challenged our ideas about stability.

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 202 - Amanda Gefter and the world's most precarious day

Amanda Geftner is one of our favorite science writers, as well as a favorite guest! Her latest essay for NAUTILUS Magazine pinpoints September 1, 1939 as the most precarious day in history. Did we survive? Listen and find out! https://nautil.us/the-most-precarious-day-in-the-universe-1280956

The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 202 - Amanda Gefter and the world's most precarious day

Amanda Geftner is one of our favorite science writers, as well as a favorite guest! Her latest essay for NAUTILUS Magazine pinpoints September 1, 1939 as the most precarious day in history. Did we survive? Listen and find out! https://nautil.us/the-most-precarious-day-in-the-universe-1280956