On Monday, November 11, 2019 at 6:03:36 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 10:58 PM Philip Thrift <[email protected] > <javascript:>> 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 >
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