On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 6:45 PM Bruce Kellett <bhkellet...@gmail.com> wrote:
*> As I have pointed out, no finite number can be "sufficiently large". You > need an infinite number of branches,* I have no idea how you figured that. > *> the SE only ever predicts a finite number of branches. * That depends on the fundamental nature of space and time which nobody knows because nobody knows of a quantum theory for gravity. If time and space are really continuous then Schrodinger's Equation predicts an infinite number of branches, but if the concepts break down at the Planck level and space and time are discrete then there are only an astronomical number to an astronomical power number of branches. > *The SE does not assign probabilities,* True. *> those have to be imposed as an additional assumption.* If you want to get probabilities out of the quantum wave (and if you couldn't then there would be no point to Schrodinger's Equation because it would have no connection to reality) mathematically it has been proven the Born Rule is the only way to do it. As I have pointed out many times, the Born Rule is NOT an assumption, it is an experimentally derived *FACT* that every modern quantum idea makes use of. No theory can dispute a fact derived from observation or experimentation, and if a human being doesn't like that fact that's just too bad because the universe is the way it is and doesn't need human approval. John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> han fde -- 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/CAJPayv0F8tNqf5hGVg-LAw%3D5r1vOgJ9m2k4QWxYS5B%2BtVHfP4A%40mail.gmail.com.
