On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 5:16 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
>> And of course nobody but me has bothered to read his book, but everybody > has an opinion about it. > > > *You keep posting that, but I've already posted that I have read > Carroll's book, * > Sorry, I missed that. > *I don't think QM is the last word,* > Neither do I and neither does Carroll. > *so it's not a good idea to draw a lot of far fetched conclusions...like > infinitely many universes in which everything happens. * > The trouble is to avoid that far fetched conclusion you must make some far fetched assumptions as I'm sure you know having read Carroll's book. Many Worlds is stripped down quantum mechanics devoid of all extraneous bells and whistles. > *it leaves open questions like whether the split "propagates" at less > than light speed or is instantaneous because it happens in Hilbert space. > Carroll cops out by saying either one works...which is what Bohr would have > said. * > True, and the exact same thought occurred to me when I read that in Carroll's book...., well,... Bohr was the second greatest physicist of the 20th century so I guess it's not surprising if sometimes he makes a good point. John K Clark -- 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/CAJPayv01cdM40_HsBROP%3DL4bjfZFWit_mmgegXJyCoqYEyvZ6g%40mail.gmail.com.
