On Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 6:49:46 PM UTC-6 Brent Meeker wrote:
On 10/10/2024 10:56 AM, 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. * Is that counting a superposition of states as a state? *Subtle. AG* Brent *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/CAJPayv2ETPUAUro4%2BFGCCkqwmyDGCTQAj7dBK8UHdAViSDVeMw%40mail.gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2ETPUAUro4%2BFGCCkqwmyDGCTQAj7dBK8UHdAViSDVeMw%40mail.gmail.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/0bbac5e3-22f8-472a-b77a-a2f217064b8fn%40googlegroups.com.
