On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 2:23 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 8/7/2019 8:30 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > > This is made most clear in the case of a quantum computer. Where the > > quantum computer can be viewed as one WORLD (def 1) that contains many > > little worlds (def 2), where each computational trace constitutes its > > own little world, causally isolated from the rest. > > Except those computational traces DO NOT constitute little worlds. They > are not causally isolated. The whole function of the computer depends > on them interacting, i.e. interfering coherently. > > It depends on the algorithm. If, as in my neural net example, interference is not used, the many computations are causally isolated, and will remain so (FAPP) once I read the output bits. You seem to want it both ways. "Yes they are many worlds, but they're not entirely or always completely causally isolated, so they're not really separate worlds." Jason -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CA%2BBCJUjCaLQtLAhRisbNttVGxQtKwVRj9ms6Ad6sGHc4M19fVA%40mail.gmail.com.
