Quantum Field Theory & Qubit Field Theory with Sam Kuypers

Quantum Field Theory & Qubit Field Theory with Sam Kuypers

Author: Logan Chipkin October 8, 2020 Duration: 29:44

This is my interview with Sam Kuypers, a DPhil student at Oxford University. We discuss the problems with quantum field theory, how qubit field theory seems to solve some of these problems, and how constructor theory might aid the development of qubit field theory.


Qubit Field Theory - https://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/0401024.pdf

Constructor Theory of Information - https://arxiv.org/pdf/1405.5563.pdf


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