On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 10:58 PM Philip Thrift <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Monday, November 11, 2019 at 5:45:45 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: >> >> >> Evolution has precisely nothing to do with it. The preferred basis is >> determined by quantum Darwinism acting on the normal physical interactions >> between quantum objects. Being human or sentient is totally irrelevant.. >> The preferred basis plays a fundamental role in the explanation of the >> world as we perceive it -- we do not directly perceive Hilbert space. And >> explaining our experience is the aim of science -- other things fall into >> the realm of metaphysics, which is not science. >> >> Bruce >> > *Journal of Quantum Information Science* > > *No Quantum Process Can Explain the Existence of the Preferred Basis:* > *Decoherence Is Not Universal* > > Hitoshi Inamori > > https://file.scirp.org/Html/3-1300204_70108.htm > > Environment induced decoherence, and other quantum processes, have been > proposed in the literature to explain the apparent spontaneous > selection―out of the many mathematically eligible bases―of a privileged > measurement basis that corresponds to what we actually observe. This paper > describes such processes, and demonstrates that―contrary to common > belief―no such process can actually lead to a preferred basis in general. > > The key observation is that environment induced decoherence implicitly > assumes a prior independence of the observed system, the observer and the > environment. However, such independence cannot be guaranteed, and we show > that environment induced decoherence does not succeed in establishing a > preferred measurement basis in general. > > We conclude that the existence of the preferred basis must be postulated > in quantum mechanics, and that changing the basis for a measurement is, and > must be, described as an actual physical process. > Where do you find these idiots, Phil? Bruce -- 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/CAFxXSLSMP9eKfhAUpVNLRs-Dds8hvss2qRadvUgrUm1o6Z4BTA%40mail.gmail.com.
