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Does Superdeterminism save Quantum Mechanics? Or does it kill free will and destroy science?
Sabine Hossenfelder explains superdeterminism as an interpretation of quantum mechanics, addressing common objections and misconceptions, including the worry that it kills free will or science. She ties it to Bell's theorem and hidden variables.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters point to it as a clear explanation of Bell's theorem and superdeterminism, though some criticize it as knocking down strawmen.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Sabine Hossenfelder
- Topic
- superdeterminism
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 8
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Wow. I actually just saw [a video from Sabine Hossenfelder]( [VIDEO] ) about exactly this. Long story short, we don't know if quantum nonlocality is real. Bell's Theoreom doesn't prove nonlocality. It proves that locality is impossible with statistical independence, that is, the measurement itself …
quocanh on Hacker News · 2021-12
In Ask HN: Are quantum-ready co’s peddling snake oil?Randomly found a link to this video on super determinism from his blog and found it super interesting. 100% agree, what is 'free will' anyways? A concept with no scientific definition. Why is it even used to explain anything in quantum mechanics? [VIDEO]
trixie_ on Hacker News · 2022-01
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