A century after its invention, quantum mechanics still defines modern physics and much of modern life. Yet its deepest problem remains unresolved: how the quantum world gives rise to the classical reality we experience.

In this podcast – Theory of Change with Matthew Sheffield – Vlatko Vedral discusses why that gap persists, how popular “quantum weirdness” has drifted into pseudoscience, and why some of the confusion comes from how quantum theory has traditionally been interpreted. The conversation argues for a picture of reality that is quantum throughout, where objects are not fundamental things but stable processes shaped by continuous quantum dynamics.