The Dalai Lama and Quantum Physics 4/6

"Maybe knowledge is as fundamental, or even more fundamental than reality." (A.Z.) The austrian quantum physicist Anton Zeilinger explains to the Dalai Lama some basics of quantum physics and some results of the last 9 years of experiments in quantum mechanics. Themes: Atomism, randomness, the phenomenon, interdependence, the role of the observer in quantum physics and buddhism (Parts 1-3). Explanation of the quantum computer (Parts 4-6). Dialogue Leaders: Anton Zeilinger and Arthur Zajonc. Questions from Matthieu Ricard and Wolf Singer.
Excerpt of: "Mind and Life XIV" - Dialogues on "The Universe in a Single Atom". Day 1 Afternoon Session (April 9th, 2007)
(Held at His Holiness the Dalai Lama's residence in Dharamsala, India)

In this video the sequences with longer translations to the Dalai Lama and the conversations in Tibetan (together about 20 minutes) are not included. The version without cuts is available here (Day 1 pm):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO-K13cfJwo

Day 1 am (with introduction from the Dalai Lama):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmlnk-iLiYc

Anton Zeilinger (born on 20 May 1945 in Ried im Innkreis, Austria) is an Austrian quantum physicist. He is currently professor of physics at the University of Vienna, previously University of Innsbruck. He is also the director of the Vienna branch of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information IQOQI at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Zeilinger has been called a pioneer in the new field of quantum information and is renowned for his realization of quantum teleportation with photons (Source: Wikipedia).

In addition to being a scientific autobiography, the Dalai Lama's book "The Universe in a Single Atom: the Convergence of Science and Spirituality" highlights those issues he feels are most important in the "convergence of science and spirituality." These issues and questions form the focus of the Mind and Life XIV meeting, and become the foundation on which a group of scientists develop a deep dialogue with the Dalai Lama and other Buddhist scholar-practitioners.

The conference was organized by the Mind and Life Institute (www.mindandlife.org) and the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (www.dalailama.com).

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[chrispikeyp]

you have some great stuff here

[smuggecko]

interesting video and very informative

[wishcraft4u2]

@MegaShamrock89 Not just that, I think that people in the west are very good at overlooking the wealth of philosophical thought of which Buddhism is the heir. Ancient Indian writings really contain a very sophisticated philosophy of mind. You simply cant seem to explain this fact to western educated people without shoving the texts into their faces. Usually you get some embarrased paternalising remark about new age yobbos reading too much into ancient religious texts or whatever.

[MegaShamrock89]

I pay no attention to the "nay" sayers of Buddhism, The open-minded approach that His Holiness takes to all the questions, and presentations of theory's cements true Buddhism. He offers no opinions, no debate, he simply accepts what he is told, interprets it, and offers his interpretation. He does not force his point of view on anyone.

[zsugiart]

?v=DfPeprQ7oGc <- could've asked Dr. Quantum to drop by. sigh.

[BenjaPedersen]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[d3f4c3d]

beginning of Teleportation

[vibrohm]

GREAT FUCKING VIDEOS.

[VenusFreedom777]

@LooksAeterna

The system of serfdom needs to go and we need to embrace the future of a Resource Based Economy--and explore quantum mechanics and use it for computation.

[LooksAeterna]

(contd.)

(paramartha satya) which is essentially a cop out. It's like a doctor who cannot heal your illness and then helps you reach acceptance and equanimity by pointing out that you will have to die somehow anyway.

While it is true that for the final solution of suffering, only paramartha will solve the problem , it is foolish to think that this puzzle within the samvrtti could be solved by a culture that didn't even care enough about the samvrtti to abolish an atrocious system of serfdom !