On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 4:51 AM, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote:
> On 5/16/2011 7:49 AM, selva wrote: > >> Considering only our world in the many world interpretation,it is a >> separate causal domain.. >> there is no domain shear between the different domains(different >> parallel worlds)..i.e.there is decoherence.. >> It is known that in our causal domain,there is cause and effect >> relationships.. >> everything is happening because of a cause..everything is as it is >> because it ought to be such. >> There is a grand flow in the varying positions of atoms constituting >> the universe.. >> If this is right,then how can we say ,we have free will ? >> >> > > See Daniel Dennett's book "Elbow Room" for a good exposition of > compatibilist free will. > > > why is there binary state at all ? >> >> > > I don't understand that question? Computers use binary representations > because it physically more efficient, although there have been computers > that used base three, and of course analog computers. > > by binary state i mean the binary state of cat(alive and dead) in the > thought experiment..there are no shades of gray there,only black or > white..or so we assume. > >> if there is free will,how can we say everything affects everything ? >> >> > > That depends on what you mean by free will and whether you think the world > is deterministic. By "affects" do you mean "determines" or could it mean > "change the probability of"? > > > why is the 50-50 probability arises ? >> why is there probability functions at all ? >> >> > > Probability is a mathematical model. It can be used to model events where > we are ignorant of the causes, although we assume they exist. That's how it > was invented, by game players. But it isn't necessary to assume there are > unknown causes. The same model then describes inherent randomness. > > > If the positions of the atoms in my mind(my thoughts) now affect the >> positions of the atoms in your brain(your thoughts) ,then does it mean >> you don't have a free will ? >> >> > No. > > > Is our consciousness part of the grand consciousness (the universe). >> Are we like the white cells(individually conscious) in our body,to the >> universe..? >> >> > > I have no reason to believe the premise of that question. > > > Then above all,the real question is why is there parallel worlds at >> all ? >> >> > > It's convenient model of measurement in quantum mechanics to avoid the > question of why measurements need to be described by a physical process > (projection) different from all other physical processes (unitary evolution > by the Hamiltonian). Whether such worlds are "real" is controversial. > > > everything affects everything or not ? >> >> > > In physics, things can only affect events in their future light cone and > events are only affected by events in their past light cone. There are some > theories, such as Bohm's quantum mechanics, which violate this rule, but > none that are accepted. > > > > >> >> P.S : i am just a student and i don't have real technical knowledge in >> all these fields..i am just curious..what is these universe and why >> does it exists at all.. >> so please bear with my ignorance. >> >> > > Brent > "Why is there something rather than nothing? Because nothing is unstable" > --- Frank Wilczek, Nobel Laureate 2004 > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
