On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 6:48 PM Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote:
>> If the Schrödinger equation really means what it says and everything >> that can happen does happen >> > > *> The Schroedinger equation says nothing of the sort.. Only things that > are nomologically possible given your particular initial conditions can > happen.* > Or to say the exact same thing with different words, everything that can happen does happen. * > And that rules out things like "there is a copy of me that turns left > whenever I turn right....".* > That would be true only if you assume the wave function collapses, and Schrödinger says absolutely nothing about that, it was tacked on by people who wanted only one world. > >> Additional assumptions are needed only if you insist on getting rid of >> those other worlds, >> > > *> Additional assumptions are needed if you want to make sense of > questions like" "What will a being that remembers being John Clark today > see tomorrow."* > Like what? >> Hugh Everett's genius wasn't that he added something new to Quantum >> Mechanics, his genius was in getting rid of useless junk. >> > > *> And he was something of an idiot because he did not see that you could > not get probabilities out of a deterministic theory * > You can if the theory is deterministic but not realistic as Many Worlds is, that is to say if a deterministic interaction between 2 particles always produces more than one outcome. John K Clark -- 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/CAJPayv27XehpVfk1J%2BQ5zKOG9Veazmf_sV8qR2_ne-8vFV9c5g%40mail.gmail.com.
