Spudboy, There is no observer in the usual sense of a human observer needed for quantum events. But in effect every participant in a quantum event acts as an observer of that event. The theory of decoherence has rightfully superseded the old mistaken notion of an observer 'causing' a wavefunction collapse, if that's what you are referring to.
Edgar On Wednesday, December 25, 2013 11:52:10 AM UTC-5, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > All, > > ST=spacetime, c=speed of light, thus STc Principle. > > To answer some of Jason's questions. Block time is wrong. Only the common > present moment exists. All the comments Jason makes refer only to > differences in clock times which are well known, but the important point is > that all those differences in clock time occur in the SAME common present > moment.. I find it difficult to understand why so many people can't get > their minds around the difference which proves there are two distinct kinds > of time. > > The past exists only as inferences from the present as to what states > would have resulted in the present according to the currently known laws of > physics. Therefore the past is actually determined by the present state of > reality from the perspective of the present which is the only valid > perspective. Therefore the logical network of past and present is absolute > 100% exact and could not have been different in even the slightest detail. > The actual currently state of the universe falsifies the very possibility > of other pasts. This is another difficult concept for many. > > Only the future is probabilistic because it does not yet exist and has > never been computed. But the past - present logical state has been actually > computed and thus is completely deterministic now that it exists and it > could not have been different in any minute detail at all. > > This solves the problem of the original fine tuning. Given the current > state of reality which is all that exists, all other conceivable fine > tunings are impossible. This is what I call the 'Super Anthropic > Principle', and it negates the necessity and probably the actuality of > postulating any multiverses and strongly implies our observable universe is > most probably the only one that exists. > > Edgar > > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
