On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 11:47 AM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Richard Ruquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > > According to Wheeler's empirical quantum model, (where the properties of >> a particle vanish in between observations >> > > Yes that's Wheeler's theory, it's the stereotypical non-realistic > interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, unlike MWI which is realistic. Bell > didn't use Quantum Mechanics or physics of any sort and yet starting from > nothing but logic and high school algebra he was able to prove that IF his > inequality was violated THEN no correct theory can be BOTH realistic AND > local. > > Several years after he found the mathematical derivation experiment showed > that Bell's inequality was indeed violated. So a Wheeler theorists is free > to invoke locality or non-locality as he wishes; but because MWI is a > realistic theory a MWI theorist is in a much tighter box, if things are > local then there is no appeal, MWI is dead dead dead. > > > MWI experiments require that some observers ask different questions and >> thereby obtain multiple spacetimes. >> > > If MWI is correct and a experimenter wishes to know what thread of the > Multiverse he's in then of course questions must be asked and answered; but > if Wheeler is correct then those very questions change reality itself. To > my mind Wheeler's idea is even crazier than MWI, but that doesn't prove it > wrong. > So you agree with me. Also an experiment has been proposed that tests Wheeler's theory http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.3328 It seems to me that Wheeler's ideas are consistent with MWI and testably so. Richard > > John K Clark > > > > > > -- > 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.
