On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 11:05:22AM +1100, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > One of the strongest arguments for MWI was that it eliminates the concept of > a conscious observer from the interpretation of quantum mechanics.
I disagree. The strongest argument is that it removes the need for a mysterious nonunitary physical collapse process (that may or may not be driven by a conscious observer). A conscious observer (or rather just observer, really) is still required to define the branches of the MWI, be that mediated by Zeh's decoherence process, or otherwise. To eliminate observers entirely requires solving the preferred basis problem without reference to an observer or observation. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Senior Research Fellow [email protected] Economics, Kingston University http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
