The Nobel Prize for Physics in 2022 made for some pretty big headlines because it acknowledged that the universe is not "locally real." But that phrase doesn't necessarily mean what a lot of people think it does. Here's what it actually means, and why it is worthy of the biggest prize in physics.
If “The Universe Isn't Real..." Then What Is It?
The Nobel Prize for Physics in 2022 made for some pretty big headlines because it acknowledged that the universe is not "locally real." But that phrase doesn't necessarily mean what a lot of people think it does. Here's what it actually means, and why it is worthy of the biggest prize in physics.