Hmm. Intriguing. The thing is, everyone tells me an interpretation can't affect QM itself....
.....oh, I'm going to have to read the darn paper, aren't I?! (Whether it will make a scintilla of sense to my brain (at least in some branches of the multiverse) is another question, of course...) On 4 January 2014 10:12, Richard Ruquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 3:27 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 4 January 2014 09:01, Richard Ruquist <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 2:50 PM, scerir <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> It's not many worlds, it's a Uni_ that is _versing itself. >>>> >>>> UNIty in diVERSity >>>> -scerir >>>> >>>> BTW, did somebody read this paper? It seems interesting. >>>> http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.3328 >>>> >>>> >>> Pusey, Barrett and Rudolf PBR pose the hypothetical experiment where >>> the observers ask different questions and get results that differ from >>> quantum mechanics. >>> >>> They had the launch observers asking different questions >>> whereas I suggested that the detection observers ask different questions. >>> Their results are encouraging to advocates of MWI. >>> >>> In what way? >> > > Liz, > I presume you mean how they prepared the states, which is equivalent to an > observer asking a question. > "Two systems are created independently and exist is |0> |+> and |+> and > |0> respectively. > They are brought together and measured obtaining 4 possible states, > one of which will for significant time measure zero which is a > contradiction of quantum mechanics" > but possibly just what you would expect for an MWI multiverse. > Richard > >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
