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SUMMARY:Insights from Quantum Foundations into Black Holes
DTSTART:20250514T140000
DTEND:20250514T151500
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DESCRIPTION:Renato Renner (ETH Zurich)\n\nBlack holes provide a testing gr
 ound for the interplay between General Relativity and quantum theory\, as 
 seen in phenomena like Hawking radiation. Yet this interplay gives rise to
  deep puzzles — famously\, the “firewall paradox”\, in which the pre
 dictions made by an infalling observer and an outside observer\, when comb
 ined\, lead to a contradiction.\n\n \n\nIn this talk\, I will argue that 
 recent advances in quantum foundations suggest an unexpected resolution: t
 he paradox may not reflect a clash between General Relativity and quantum 
 theory\, but instead point to quantum theory’s limitations in consistent
 ly describing scenarios involving multiple observers with different perspe
 ctives.\n\n\n \n\n(This is joint work with Ladina Hausmann\, related to 
 arXiv:2504.03835.)
LOCATION:BSP 727 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BSP%20727 https://epfl.zoom.u
 s/j/69362612859
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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