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The Barandes side-quest

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Optional side-quest on Jacob Barandes's "indivisible stochastic quantum mechanics" (2023–), a descendant of Nelson's stochastic mechanics, watched critically after Units 1–3 — seeing what Barandes addresses, what he sidesteps, and how his view fits in the landscape. Curt Jaimungal's seven-episode TOE series is the reason this curriculum was built.

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Summarize Barandes's proposal in one paragraph.Name the two or three things you found most compelling and the two or three places you're skeptical.Place indivisible stochastic mechanics in the interpretations table.Distinguish Barandes's view from Bohmian mechanics (they're closer than casual readers realize).

resources

○The seven Theories of Everything Barandes episodes— Curt Jaimungalanchor · video series
○Background reading on Nelson's stochastic mechanicscompanion · paper
○Derakhshani & Bacciagaluppi 2022 paper on multi-time correlations— Maaneli Derakhshani & Guido Bacciagaluppicompanion · paper
○Mindscape episode 323 with Jacob Barandes— Sean Carrollcounterweight · podcast series

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