On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 3:46 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 8/8/2019 11:46 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 11:38 AM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On 8/8/2019 1:50 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> Except in the case of quantum mechanics the theory you are saying predicts >> other worlds, also predicts they are inaccessible. >> >> That is right, but the theory predicts that they are indirectly playing an >> important role without which QM explains nothing. >> >> >> But this is quite different from classical theories, that for example the >> dark side of the Moon exists. In that case the theory also predicts that >> it is possible to go to the dark side of the Moon. A theory that predicts >> X but also that X is inaccessible and has no possible effect is a theory >> that could discard X. >> > > Not without needlessly complicating the theory. > > > Sounds like a simplification to me. We discarded unicorns; and they're > even possible. > In QM, it is the difference between "the Schrodinger equation" and "the Schrodinger equation + complex observer-dependent operations (whose limits are yet to be rigorously defined)" - Why complicate the theory because there are branches we can't see or change? In Cosmology, it is the difference between "space is infinite" and "space goes on so far as light has had time to reach any of our instruments but not so far that the expansion of space will prevent light from ever reaching us" - Why complicate the theory because there are locations in space we can't see or change? In Relativity, it is the difference between "all points in time are equally real" and "only one point in time is real, (the present) but that present depends on where you are and how fast you are going and in what direction" - Why complicate the theory because there are points in time we can't see or change? 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%2BBCJUhvci850_w7oxmvisRmTRWZKymfK2dbfS6BukWAobYeSQ%40mail.gmail.com.
