> On 9 Oct 2019, at 22:55, Philip Thrift <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 2:41:19 PM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: > On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 4:54 PM Philip Thrift <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > I haven't seen yet where MWI serves any useful purpose. > > If you're only interested in making a better widget then the MWI has no > useful purpose and you should just stick with the Shut Up And Calculate > Interpretation, but if you have any interest at all in understanding reality > at a somewhat deeper level you may not find that interpretation to be > entirely satisfactory. > > John K Clark > > > MWI is not the one and only alternative to SUACI (Shut Up And Calculate > Interpretation). > > Other interpretations (but not MWI, as far as I can see) are used in writing > programs for computational QM.
If they use programs, they need an ontology in which all computations are realised, so the MWI is not an option, and QM-without collapse, that is Many “worlds” confirms that aspect which is unavoidable when we use any theory in which the notion of programs can be defined. Bruno > > @philipthrift > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/c082577b-cbb2-4b4b-a557-41ab71e2ac31%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/c082577b-cbb2-4b4b-a557-41ab71e2ac31%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/E04CA38A-C9EC-48BE-929C-98E356DA0AE1%40ulb.ac.be.
