On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 11:27 PM John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 5:11 PM Bruce Kellett <bhkellet...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > *> You don't have to be a mathematical realist to believe that adding one >> apple to another apple in the bowl gives you two apples.* >> > > But what about an orange? If you're not a realist and so don't even know > if "orange" is a noun or an adjective, and the inside of the bowl is > already orange, then adding more orange will change nothing. And if an > apple isn't real then why does the bowl weigh more when there are two > apples in it then when there was just one? There is no doubt that the Born > Rule works, if you're not interested in understanding why it works then you > never have to bother with the Many Worlds idea. > I did say *mathematical* realist. One can believe apples and oranges really exist without being a mathematical realist! Besides, many worlds gives no understanding of why the Born rule works since the Born rule cannot be derived within MWI. Bruce -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLTXo0kd5Vd7v-u8f45gy%3DfcrfW0gmjHME4Y4gM1xa62Kw%40mail.gmail.com.
