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s continue making this show by contributing here: https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Get your own Space Time t­shirt at http://bit.ly/1QlzoBi Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Facebook: facebook.com/pbsspacetime Email us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com Comment on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsspacetime Help tranlate our videos! https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7g There are some pretty out-there explanations for the processes at work behind the incredibly successful mathematics of quantum mechanics - things are both waves and particles at the same time, the act of observation defines reality, cats are alive and dead, or even: the universe is constantly splitting into infinite alternate realities. The weird results of quantum experiments seem to demand weird explanations of the nature of reality. In this episode, Matt discusses de Broglie-Bohm pilot wave theory, the one interpretation of quantum mechanics that remains comfortably, stodgily physical. Links to Sources The Quantum Experiment that Broke Reality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-MNSLsjjdo&t=53s The Many Worlds of the Quantum Multiverse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzKWfw68M5U&t=690s Is This What Quantum Mechanics Looks Like? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIyTZDHuarQ A Suggested Interpretation of the Quantum Theory in Terms of "Hidden" Variables. I: David Bohm, 1952, Phys. Rev. 85, 166 http://journals.aps.org/pr/abstract/10.1103/PhysRev.85.166 Bohms original paper is behind the journal paywall (sorry!), however many other readings on Bohmian mechanics are available here: http://www.bohmian-mechanics.net/readings_books.html Previous Space Time Episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4RNGRyzt10 Written and hosted by Matt O’Dowd Produced by Rusty Ward Made by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com) Comments Answered by Matt Burak Bağdatlı https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4RNGRyzt10&lc=z13hvpcjrlndslnyb04cctjqrvb4hpkphe4 Sebastián López https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4RNGRyzt10&lc=z124yxrjyw3ywvicm23wspagcxracphvg The757packerfan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4RNGRyzt10&lc=z13ujbnznvmfjnhag04cgtprtriafnj4t2k Special thanks to our Patreon Hypernova and Quasar Supporters: Joel Brinton Antonio Park Alastair Taft Clock Watcher Joe John Hofmann Thanks to our Patreon Gamma Ray Burst Supporters: Jade Bilkey Kevin Warne JJ Bagnell J Rejc Bernardo Higuera Michael Fischer Dylan Merida Colette Weeks Amy Jie Anthony Caridi Avi Goldfinger Corey Smeaton John Pettit Shannan Catalano Florian Stinglmayr Yubo Du Benoit Pagé-Guitard Ronny Polonia Nathan Leniz Jessica Fraley Kirk Mathews Loro Lukic Carl P. Corliss Brandon labonte David Crane Greg Weiss David Matteson Marc Lagarde Eric Jackson Will and Sonja Marple