On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 2:45 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >> We know from Gleason's theorem >> that in 3 spatial dimensions only the square of Schrodinger's wave (the >> Born rule), and not the cube or anything else, can yield a probability >> without inconsistencies; so the real question isn't why is the Born rule a >> square but why is it a probability at all. >> > > > > But that is the part which is explained by the "Many-Worlds > Interpretation" of QM. That is what Everett has done > OK, I can't find a lot to disagree with you there. Many-Worlds gives the best explanation for why probabilities and not certainties exist at the quantum level that I know of, and that and the fact that it doesn't need to define "consciousness" or "observation" is why I like it. > > So it appears that you are coherent now. If you reject the FPI in > computationalism, you need to reject it in Everett, but > [...] > But I don't reject "FPI" in ANYTHING! I've known since I was 2 that sometimes a person doesn't know what is going to happen next. John K Clark > > > > then I am no more sure why you defend the MW. > > > Bruno > > > > > 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/d/optout. > > > http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ > > > > -- > 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.
