Do Cause and Effect Really Exist? (Big Picture Ep. 2/5)

Thanks to Google Making and Science for supporting this series, and to Sean Carroll for collaborating on it! His book can be found here: http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316646/the-big-picture-by-sean-carroll/ Playlist of the full video series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoaVOjvkzQtyZF-2VpJrxPz7bxK_p1Dd2 Link to Patreon supporters here: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters.html This video is about why there s no such thing as cause and effect at the level of fundamental particle physics, and how our everyday experience of cause and effect arises due to entropy, the large-scale arrow of time, and the leverage certain events have over others. This can explain not only the existence of causes and effects, but also memories, records and so on. REFERENCES & ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Periodic Videos Slow Motion Hydrogen Explosion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOTgeeTB_kA Sean s blog: http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2016/05/08/big-picture-part-one-cosmos/ Sean Carroll: The Big Picture (more great articles about entropy, etc on his blog http://preposterousuniverse.com) Interactive Entropy explainer by Aatish Bhatia: http://aatishb.github.io/entropy/ Music for the series was especially composed by Nathaniel Schroeder, http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute! Created by Henry Reich