On 5/10/2022 11:14 PM, Bruce Kellett wrote:
On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 3:39 PM Brent Meeker <meekerbr...@gmail.com>
wrote:
On 5/10/2022 9:43 PM, smitra wrote:
> If there are only a finite number of states the entire universe
can be
> in, then that's also true for observers.
So what does the SE for this discrete universe look like? The one
every
cites assumes a continuum. If the universe is finite then there's
smallest non-zero probability, which as Bruce says, raises some
problems.
Not the least of these problems is the fact that a smallest non-zero
probability makes the collapse real; destroys the
ongoing superposition; renders everything absolutely irreversible; and
screws the hell out of unitary evolution.
As do other real-collapse theories of QM.
Brent
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