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Stephon Alexander interview: Is the universe a self-learning AI?

To solve the big mysteries in physics, we need to embrace fresh perspectives, says cosmologist Stephon Alexander. Here he explains why intuition is so important 鈥� and outlines one of his own wild ideas

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Stingrays鈥� bulging eyes and mouths make them much faster swimmers

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Collisions recorded by the CMS detector

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Large Hadron Collider sticks with reels of tape for vast storage needs

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Gravitation waves around black hole in space 3D illustration

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Quantum nature of gravity may be detectable with gravitational waves

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What putting big things in quantum states can tell us about reality

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Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of chloroplasts from the yellow portion of a yellow/green variegated Coleus blumei plant. Chloroplasts are the sites of photosynthesis, the process that synthesises carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water using sunlight. The structure of a variegated chloroplast is slightly different from that of a normal green chloroplast. The granal stacks, formed from parallel thylakoids (membranes, bright lines), that contain the chlorophyll pigments are less ordered in the variegated chloroplast. The pigments themselves are also slightly different. Magnification: x14,300 when printed at 10cm wide.

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From photosynthesis to navigation, life may exploit quantum effects

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Why it might be impossible to build a practical quantum computer

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Beyond quantum physics: The search for a more fundamental theory

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Can quantum effects in the brain explain consciousness?

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Is quantum theory really as random as it seems?

The maths suggests the reality we get from quantum probabilities is random, but there might be some hidden determinism at play 鈥� or perhaps the present can influence the past

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Why is it so difficult to find a viable quantum theory of gravity?

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Quantum Darwinism: Can evolutionary theory explain objective reality?

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Do we distil reality from the quantum fog or does it exist without us?

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This is what makes the quantum world so strange and confusing

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