On Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 9:40:32 PM UTC-7, cdemorsella wrote: > > Two fascinating (and very different) approaches are presented to derive > Quantim Mechanics main practical tool (e.g. Born's rule). Wonder what some > of the physicists on here think about this research? > > I find the argument that no laws is the fundamental law... and that the > universe and its laws are emergent guided by subtle mathematical > statistical phenomena, at the same time both alluring and annoying.... it > is somehow unsatisfactory.... like being served a quite empty plate with > nice garnish for dinner. > > One example of emergence from chaotic conditions is how traffic jams (aka > density waves) can emerge from chaotic initial conditions, becoming self > re-enforcing within local domains of influence... for those unlucky to be > stuck in them. Density wave emergence is seen across scale, for example the > spiral arms of galaxies can be explained as giant gravitational pile ups > with some fundamentally similar parallels to say a rush hour traffic jam, > except on vastly different scales of course and due to other different > factors, in the galactic case the emergent effects of a vast number of > gravitational inter-actions as stars migrate through these arms on their > grand voyages around the galactic core. > > This paired with the corollary argument that any attempt to discover a > fundamental law seems doomed to the infinite regression of then needing to > explain what this foundation itself rests upon.... leading to the "it's > turtles all the way down" hall of mirrors carnival house... head-banger. > > Perhaps, as Wheeler argued, the world is a self-synthesizing system, and > the seeming order we observe, is emergent... a law without law. > > Here is the link to the article: > > > > The Born Rule Has Been Derived From Simple Physical Principles | Quanta > Magazine > <https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-born-rule-has-been-derived-from-simple-physical-principles-20190213/> > The Born Rule Has Been Derived From Simple Physical Principles | Quanta > Magazine > > The new work promises to give researchers a better grip on the core > mystery of quantum mechanics. > > <https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-born-rule-has-been-derived-from-simple-physical-principles-20190213/> > > >
> *Is there consensus that Born's rule can be, and has been derived from > physical principles, and/or the other postulates of QM? TIA, 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.
