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 <[email protected] > <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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >>>>> 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/1b7851f7-452e-4533-93f9-d5e5d05ae2ee%40googlegroups.com.
