That sounds a bit like multi-solipsism - and a bit like Kant (?) indicating that we can never know the "thing in itself" only our interpretation of it.
(Actually isn't that also what comp says?) On 1 January 2014 14:39, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/31/2013 4:47 PM, LizR wrote: > > I don't know about the SBI, unless I know it under a different name - > please explain? > > > The subjective Bayesian interpretation is what Jason dismisses as "don't > ask". It's the interpretation advocated by Asher Peres (who's excellent > textbook is available online), Leslie Ballentine, and Chris Fuchs. It > holds that the wave-function is just a description of the system embodying > the available information about it and predicting what will happen. So > it's not surprising that Wigner and his friend use different wave-functions > to describe the same system - they have different information. As an > information based interpretation it may fit well with a "consciousness is > just information processing" model. Scott Aaronson seems to like it too, > but he's not an advocate. > > I have a feeling that people don't like it because they think a *real* > interpretation must be a kind of mapping onto a Newtonian classical picture > and leaving stuff abstract just doesn't count. But mapping onto a > classical picture is more likely an analogy that necessarily distorts the > theory to fit. > > Brent > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
