Ithaca College

On Tuesday, April 3rd, from 12:15-1pm in Friends 201, Prof. David Glick will give a talk entitled, "How to explain quantum entanglement without spooky action at a distance."  The talk is open to the public and requires no previous knowledge of physics.

In quantum physics, "entangled particles" remain connected such that actions performed on one particle affect the other, even when the particles are separated by very large distances. Unnerved by this phenomenon, Albert Einstein called it "spooky action at a distance."

In this talk, Prof. Glick will argue that the philosophical concept of ontological dependence allows for an alternative explanation of quantum non-locality which requires no spooky action at a distance. The key idea: sometimes parts depend on the wholes they compose.

Prof. Glick is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religion.  From January 2016 to June 2017 he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oxford working on The Metaphysics of Entanglement Project.  He is a specialist in the philosophy of physics, and received his PhD from the University of Arizona in 2014.  More information about Prof. Glick can be found at his website here.