On Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 4:59:25 PM UTC-6, Alan Grayson wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 12:14:31 AM UTC-7, Philip Thrift wrote: >> >> >> >> *The Concept of Probability in Quantum Mechanics* >> *Richard P. Feynman* >> 1951 >> http://www.johnboccio.com/research/quantum/notes/Feynman-Prob.pdf >> >> *Evolving Realities for Quantum Measure Theory* >> Henry Wilkes >> September 28, 2018 >> https://arxiv.org/pdf/1809.10427.pdf >> >> >> @philipthrift >> > > The statistical interpretation of QM asserts that the probabilities refer > virtually solely to ensembles and not to individual >
I suppose. But this is more like the interpretation of probabilities as propensities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propensity_probability : Propensities are not relative frequencies, but purported *causes* of the observed stable relative frequencies. In addition to explaining the emergence of stable relative frequencies, the idea of propensity is motivated by the desire to make sense of *single-case probability attributions in **quantum mechanics* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics>, such as the probability of decay <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_decay> of a particular atom <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom> at a particular time. Sum over histories is also sum over possibilities - each possibility has a propensity. @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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/3dd3417a-d353-4d85-8c34-2a2ac331daab%40googlegroups.com.
