On Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 10:59:20 AM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 12:42 PM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I don't need to make an argument for that because the one and only >>> assumption that Many Worlds makes, perhaps "axiom" would be a better word, >>> is that Schrödinger's Equation means what it says. >>> >> >> *> But S's equation just gives the time dependent probabilities BEFORE a >> measurement is taken. You've added an additional postulate without any >> justification. AG* >> > > Schrödinger's Equation is time independent, > Then why, for example, does the solution for a free particle spread out as time progresses? AG it works just as well forwards or backwards, so "before" or "after" are > irrelevant terms. And Schrödinger makes no use of "measurement" and says > nothing about it, although it's easy enough to logically extrapolate from > Schrödinger's axiom and conclude that "measurement" simply means self > location. If you insist measurement does something more than that you're > going to have to add another axiom explaining exactly what that "something" > is and exactly what it does. > > John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis > <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> > m4x > > >>> >>> -- >> 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/2b91bebb-1bc0-4c85-a0ab-f0b972070f54n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/2b91bebb-1bc0-4c85-a0ab-f0b972070f54n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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/1d9f2d4a-b66e-4db5-afc0-a4fa90b8102cn%40googlegroups.com.
