On Sunday, June 17, 2018 at 10:15:05 AM UTC, Jason wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 12:12 AM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> >> >> * why do you prefer the MWI compared to the Transactional Interpretation? >> I see both as absurd. so I prefer to assume the wf is just epistemic, >> and/or that we have some holes in the CI which have yet to be resolved. AG * >> >> -- >> > > > 1. It's the simplest theory: "MWI" is just the Schrodinger equation, > nothing else. (it doesn't say Schrodinger's equation only applies > sometimes, or only at certain scales) > > 2. It explains more while assuming less (it explains the appearance of > collapse, without having to assume it, thus is preferred by Occam's razor) > > 3. Like every other successful physical theory, it is linear, reversible > (time-symmetric), continuous, deterministic and does not require faster > than light influences nor retrocausalities > > 4. Unlike single-universe or epistemic interpretations, "WF is real" with > MWI is the only way we know how to explain the functioning of quantum > computers (now up to 51 qubits) > > 5. Unlike copenhagen-type theories, it attributes no special physical > abilities to observers or measurement devices > > 6. Most of all, theories of everything that assume a reality containing > all possible observers and observations lead directly to laws/postulates of > quantum mechanics (see Russell Standish's Theory of Nothing > <http://www.hpcoders.com.au/theory-of-nothing.pdf>, Chapter 7 and > Appendix D). > > Given #6, we should revise our view. It is not MWI and QM that should > convince us of many worlds, but rather the assumption of many worlds (an > infinite and infinitely varied reality) that gives us, and *explains *all > the weirdness of QM. This should overwhelmingly convince us of MWI-type > everything theories over any single-universe interpretation of quantum > mechanics, which is not only absurd, but completely devoid of explanation. > With the assumption of a large reality, QM is made explainable and > understandable: as a theory of observation within an infinite reality. > > Jason >
*You forgot #7. It asserts multiple, even infinite copies of an observer, replete with memories, are created when an observer does a simple quantum experiment. So IMO the alleged "cure" is immensely worse than the disease, CI, that is, just plain idiotic. AG * -- 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.
