On Friday, November 15, 2019 at 2:06:08 PM UTC-7, John Clark wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 10:27 PM Alan Grayson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > *> I notice you habitually avoid discussing the problem of ontological >> versus epistemological * > > > It is a ontological fact that Bell's inequality is violated and there is > no epistemological explanation for that fact. You keep wanting a mental > picture of the quantum world that conforms with your common sense everyday > expectations of how things should work, I'd like that too but our wish will > never be granted. I like Many Worlds because although it's very bizarre > it's the least bizarre quantum interpretation that fits the hyper bizarre > facts; but the universe doesn't care what I think is strange so if it turns > out Many Worlds is not true then we would know that something even stranger > is. > > John K Clark >
Applying an epistemological interpretation doesn't guarantee that everything in nature will be explained; rather, it avoids the worst interpretations that egregiously depart from common sense. It's not that I insist on ordinary experience being affirmed; rather, I prefer to avoid unnecessary assumptions and conclusions which, on their face, seem extremely bizaare and unwarranted. Apply Occam's Razor. AG -- 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/258c95ee-cf5c-4dca-9011-6cca7148e4ce%40googlegroups.com.
