The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 21. Emergence

The Biggest Ideas in the Universe is a series of videos where I talk informally about some of the fundamental concepts that help us understand our natural world. Exceedingly casual, not overly polished, and meant for absolutely everybody. This is Idea #21, "Emergence." None of us is Laplace's Demon, so how are we able to successfully model the world even though we have incomplete information about it? The answer lies in the existence of higher-level patterns that emerge in the right circumstances. Special emphasis is placed on the emergence of a classical world from quantum mechanics. Hyperion tumbling animation:    • Video   My web page: http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/ My YouTube channel:    / seancarroll   Mindscape podcast: http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/p... The Biggest Ideas playlist:    • The Biggest Ideas in the Universe!   Blog posts for the series: http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/b... Background image: Auklet flock, Shumagins 1986, by D. Dibenski, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... #science #physics #ideas #universe #learning #cosmology #philosophy #emergence