On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 9:18 AM John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 4:56 PM Bruce Kellett <bhkellet...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > *This whole discussion is rather beside the point since the universe is >> patently not deterministic.* >> > > The determinism question is far from settled. If many worlds is correct > then the multiverse is deterministic, and if superdeterminism is correct > (but of course it isn't) then the same would be true. And we know that > Schrodinger's equation is completely deterministic. All we can say for > certain is that if the universe is deterministic and if superdeterminism is > ignored, as it should be, then the universe must be non-local or > non-realistic or both. Many Worlds is local but not realistic. > Many worlds is not a local theory. And the determinism of the Schrodinger equation does not mean that the present state of the universe can be reversed in order to recover the exact initial state. 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLS0HHdRZnFPjZYf7ffu-2GypcbzM_9yn7fVXJTPG8tiEA%40mail.gmail.com.
