{"id":117,"date":"2021-03-23T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youngminds-uclouvain.local\/?p=117"},"modified":"2024-02-02T10:07:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T09:07:14","slug":"conference-qbism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/youngminds\/2021\/03\/23\/conference-qbism\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference &#8211; QBism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-superb-addons-cover-image\"><div class=\"superbaddons-coverimage-block\" style=\"border-radius:0%;min-height:400px;background-image:url(https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/youngminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/conference_QBism.jpg);background-position:50% 50%;background-size:contain;background-repeat:no-repeat\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a 1951 paper, Richard Feynman wrote \u201cThe new theory asserts that there are experiments for which the exact outcome is fundamentally unpredictable, and one has to be satisfied with computing probabilities.&nbsp; But far more fundamental was the discovery that in nature the laws of combining probabilities were&nbsp;<em>not<\/em>&nbsp;those of the classical probability theory.\u201d&nbsp; QBism is an interpretation of quantum mechanics which takes this as the very essence of the theory\u2014it\u2019s not parallel worlds, spooky action at a distance, or alive-dead cats.&nbsp; But this now defines a research program:&nbsp; How best to rewrite the quantum formalism to make the point overwhelmingly obvious?&nbsp; When it is done, one is left with only one remaining mystery, expressible in terms of a fantastical geometric shape.&nbsp; Why this shape?&nbsp; How this shape?&nbsp; Come find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practical Informations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">YoungMinds UCLouvain is glad to annouce that Professor C. Fuchs (UMass Boston) will be giving an introductory talk on QBism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event will take place on the <strong>25th of May<\/strong> at 15:00 CEST via Zoom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Registration<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agenda.irmp.ucl.ac.be\/e\/QBism\">Please register to the event here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/722332601693670\/\">Facebook page<\/a> to get the latest information!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poster designed by Jonathan Devarrewaere:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3gGBqDi\">Behance<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3tV4DhK\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">YoungMinds UCLouvain team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract In a 1951 paper, Richard Feynman wrote \u201cThe new theory asserts that there are experiments for which the exact outcome is fundamentally unpredictable, and one has to be satisfied with computing probabilities.&nbsp; But far more fundamental was the discovery that in nature the laws of combining probabilities were&nbsp;not&nbsp;those of the classical probability theory.\u201d&nbsp; QBism&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":6043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[63,143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conferences","category-past-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/youngminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/youngminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/youngminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/youngminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/youngminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/youngminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6673,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/youngminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions\/6673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/youngminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/youngminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/youngminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/youngminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}