On Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 11:56:58 AM UTC-6 John Clark wrote:
On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 10:58 AM Giulio Prisco <[email protected]> wrote: * > I keep realism in the sense that something exists and can be known* *In physics realism has a very specific technical meaning; something is realistic if it exists in one and only one state even before it is measured. Many Worlds is NOT realistic because it says before a thing is measured it exists in not one but in every quantum state that is consistent with Schrodinger's equation. * *Does this mean that if someone imagines a thing before it's measured, that it will obey Schrodinger's equation IF it's measured, all those quantum states will exist? IOW, no need to do any measurements; just imagine the possibility of doing it and, viola, all those states come into being. This is a scenario that will be appreciated by our resident consciousness expert. AG* *An electron moves left and a version of Giulio Prisco will see it move left, and an electron moves right and a version of Giulio Prisco will see it move right, but nobody will ever see an electron turn into a proton because that would violate Schrodinger's equation. * *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/12788f8d-4ef6-4875-9e1c-d84af29b2dfcn%40googlegroups.com.
