Tim Maudlin - Superluminal Communication & Quantum Non-Locality

Dr. Tim Maudlin discusses quantum non-locality, Bell’s Theorem, the No-Communication Theorem, and offers three new approaches to superluminal quantum communication. The No-Communication Theorem theorem shows you can’t signal, but that theorem is limited with respect to what the signaler is allowed to do and what the receiver uses to get the signal. We discuss the use of arrival time distributions as the signaling medium, because there is no standard Hermitian operator associated with arrival times, so it is not clear what the “standard” theory even predicts. We'll also explore work by Siddhant Das on superluminal communication using the pilot-wave theory for spin. Tim will also speculate on an approach to superluminal communication using the Aharonov-Bohm effect. Dr. Tim Maudlin is a Professor of Philosophy at NYU, and has a B.A. in Physics and Philosophy from Yale and a Ph.D. in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Pittsburg. His interests are primarily focused in the foundations of physics, metaphysics, and logic, and has written numerous books and journal publications on these topics. Tim is President of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics, named in honor of Dr. John Bell, the originator of Bell's theorem. He is also a member of the Academie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences and the Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi), and has been a Guggenheim Fellow, taught at Rutgers from 1986 to 2011, and has been a visiting professor at Harvard. He joins us today to discuss quantum non-locality, Bell’s Theorem, the No-Communication Theorem, and to explore new approaches to superluminal quantum communication. LINKS & RESOURCES: Tim Maudlin, Professor of Philosophy, NYU (Faculty Page) https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/tim-maudlin.html The John Bell Institute: https://www.johnbellinstitute.org/ Bell's Inequality, Information Transmission, and Prism Models (Tim Maudlin) PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1992:404 - 417 (1992) https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/psaprocbienmeetp.1992.1.192771 Tim Maudlin. Bell’s inequality, information transmission, and prism models. In D. Hull, M. Forbes, and K. Okruhlik (eds.) PSA 1992: Proceedings of the 1992 Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. Vol. I. East Lansing, Philosophy of Science Assocation, 1992, pp. 404–417. Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity: Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics https://books.google.com/books?id=L_wN5EFEkpEC&lpg=PR6&ots=DP48Qz_nSK&dq=Tim%20Maudlin.%20quantum%20communication&lr&pg=PR6#v=onepage&q=Tim%20Maudlin.%20quantum%20communication&f=false Truth and Paradox https://www.amazon.com/Truth-Paradox-Solving-Tim-Maudlin/dp/0199247293 The Metaphysics Within Physics https://www.amazon.com/Metaphysics-Within-Physics-Tim-Maudlin/dp/0199218218/ Philosophy of Physics: Space and Time https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Physics-Princeton-Foundations-Contemporary/dp/0691165718/ Philosophy of Physics: Quantum Theory https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnZyDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&ots=nQAhdjr54o&dq=Tim%20Maudlin.%20quantum%20communication&lr&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=Tim%20Maudlin.%20quantum%20communication&f=false