On Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 6:35:11 AM UTC-5, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > > > > Le jeu. 10 oct. 2019 à 11:30, Philip Thrift <cloud...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> a écrit : > >> >> >> On Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 2:40:53 AM UTC-5, Quentin Anciaux wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Le jeu. 10 oct. 2019 à 09:34, Philip Thrift <cloud...@gmail.com> a >>> écrit : >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 3:59:50 PM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 4:55 PM Philip Thrift <cloud...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> *> Other interpretations (but not MWI, as far as I can see) are used >>>>>> in writing programs for computational QM.* >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Like what? >>>>> >>>>> John K Clark >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Multiple Histories. >>>> >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_histories ? >>> >>> So there are multiple "worlds", if multiple past histories are real.... >>> so as you dislike MWI, what's different here for you to accept multiple >>> past ? (because if each event has multiple *real* past then likewise it has >>> multiple *real* future). >>> >>> Quentin >>> >>> -- >>> All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. (Roy >>> Batty/Rutger Hauer) >>> >> >> >> >> That's one way to look at it. >> >> In Fay Dowker's debate with a Many Worlder: >> >> via https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/f.dowker >> >> In this public debate <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeuI_Oja-P4> I >> argue that the path integral (or sum over histories) approach to quantum >> mechanics provides a One World interpretation >> > > I didn't have time to look at it for now (I will), but could you resume > her position and explain how considering an event has *multiple* *real* > past histories provides a *one* world interpretation ? > > Thanks; > > >> >> >> Bottom line: multiple histories are cheaper than many worlds. >> >> >> @philipthrift >> > I don't know how Adrian Kent, Fay Dowker, et all would put it, but:
We live on One World, but beneath the surface of One World lies a Sea of (the births and deaths of) Quantal Histories. @philipthirft -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/1b7851f7-452e-4533-93f9-d5e5d05ae2ee%40googlegroups.com.
