Thanks Brent. If you could prove it would be impossible to formulate a quantum theory without continuous values and probabilities, that would be ironic.
Terren On Sep 13, 2014 12:05 PM, "meekerdb" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/13/2014 6:12 AM, Terren Suydam wrote: > > > On Sep 13, 2014 1:49 AM, "meekerdb" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yes, I agree that there's bound to be some anthropic selection, although > I'm not sure why a Newtonian universe is ruled out by that. Quantum > physics, as we've formulated it depends on a continuum. > > Brent, > > Can you elaborate on why qm depends on a continuum? > > > It assumes linearity, continuous complex valued linear combinations of > states and corresponding continuous values of probabilities. Notice I said > "as we've formulated it". I don't have a proof that it would be impossible > to formulate a different, but quantum like, theory avoiding a continuum. > > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
