Backlight
Season 25 Episode 12 - Why reality does not exist
Carlo Rovelli is theoretically physicist and quantum mechanics is his great love. He argues that the reality does not exist, because the reality we experience arises mainly from the interaction we have with it. We create our reality ourselves, and when we come to see that individual, indivisible parts do not exist and everything around us only takes on meaning through the relationships with other things and events, we also see ourselves differently. That insight prompted Rovelli to become political activism, because our thinking and action is changing the world. He is called the poet of physics.
Episodes in Season 25
The Silent Economic Crisis
23 min
China’s major charm offensive
23 min
Apartheid as a business model
19 min
When will the AI bubble burst?
21 min
From wrestling hero to autocrat
22 min
Fascism is back
15 min
The enshittification of the internet
21 min
The murder of capitalism
19 min
Away with the super rich
18 min
Get rid of the diploma arrogance
19 min
Consultant in power
18 min
Why reality does not exist
19 min
Does satire still have a future
24 min
The dark site of the energy transition
26 min
Are we alone in the universe?
28 min
The new perspective on our evolution
25 min
Drones that think
22 min
