Have We Been Brainwashed? Quantum Mechanics and Nonlocality

Step into the mind of Nobel laureate Alain Aspect, one of the pioneers who turned quantum weirdness into experimental reality. In this conversation with Brian Greene, Aspect retraces the century-long quest to understand quantum entanglement, nonlocality, and Bell’s theorem—ideas that shattered classical physics and redefined reality itself. Winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, Aspect’s groundbreaking experiments proved that Einstein was wrong. Here, he reveals how that discovery shattered classical intuition and redefined what “reality” means. This program is part of the Big Ideas series, supported by the John Templeton Foundation. Participant: Alain Aspect Moderator: Brian Greene 00:00 - Introduction 04:06 - Early Quantum History: Planck, Einstein, de Broglie 14:20 - Interpretations, Collapse, and the Limits of Quantum Theory 29:33 - Bell’s Inequality and Bohm’s Hidden Variables 33:19 - switching polarizer orientations while photons are in flight 37:19 - improving on Clauser–Freedman 47:02 - Quantum Technologies, Optimism, and the Future VISIT our Website: http://www.worldsciencefestival.com FOLLOW us on Social Media: Facebook: / worldsciencefestival Twitter: / worldscifest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/worldscifest/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@worldscifest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-science-festival #worldsciencefestival #briangreene #cosmology #astrophysics