Re: Decoherence Theory according to Schlosshauer

2018-08-08 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, August 9, 2018 at 12:21:02 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 7:57:43 PM UTC, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 8/8/2018 12:41 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 5:33:57 PM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote: >>> >>> O

Re: Decoherence Theory according to Schlosshauer

2018-08-08 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 7:57:43 PM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 8/8/2018 12:41 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 5:33:57 PM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote: >> >> On Monday, August 6, 2018 at 4:54:28 PM UTC-5, agrays...@gmail.com >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>

Re: Many-minds interpretation?

2018-08-08 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 5:46:22 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 8 Aug 2018, at 13:50, Bruce Kellett > wrote: > > From: Bruno Marchal > > > On 8 Aug 2018, at 01:39, Bruce Kellett > wrote: > > From: Bruno Marchal > > > > If there is a FTL physical influence, even if there is no info

Re: Decoherence Theory according to Schlosshauer

2018-08-08 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 5:33:57 PM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > On Monday, August 6, 2018 at 4:54:28 PM UTC-5, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 10:16:17 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com >> wrote: >>> >>> As long as the universe is not resolved into indiv

Re: Decoherence Theory according to Schlosshauer

2018-08-06 Thread agrayson2000
On Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 10:16:17 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > As long as the universe is not resolved into individual subsystems *(that > is, no tensor decomposition of the WF)*, there is no measurement problem. > > IMO, highly doubtful, or minimally outside the domain of quantu

Re: The Ilusion of Branching and the MWI

2018-08-06 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, August 6, 2018 at 6:22:45 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 6 Aug 2018, at 09:23, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 5:50:56 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 4:43:21 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>> >>> On

Re: The Ilusion of Branching and the MWI

2018-08-06 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, August 6, 2018 at 6:22:45 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 6 Aug 2018, at 09:23, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 5:50:56 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 4:43:21 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>> >>> On

Re: The Ilusion of Branching and the MWI

2018-08-06 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, August 6, 2018 at 5:50:58 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 5 Aug 2018, at 19:50, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 4:43:21 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 4 Aug 2018, at 23:32, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> AFAIK, no one has ever observed

Re: The Ilusion of Branching and the MWI

2018-08-06 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 6:47:55 PM UTC, scerir wrote: > > > Il 4 agosto 2018 alle 23.32 agrays...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > AFAIK, no one has ever observed a probability wave, from which I conclude > the wave function has only epistemic content. So I have embraced the "shut > up and calc

Re: The Ilusion of Branching and the MWI

2018-08-06 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 5:50:56 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 4:43:21 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 4 Aug 2018, at 23:32, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> AFAIK, no one has ever observed a probability wave, from which I conclude >> the wa

Re: The Ilusion of Branching and the MWI

2018-08-05 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 4:43:21 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 4 Aug 2018, at 23:32, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > AFAIK, no one has ever observed a probability wave, from which I conclude > the wave function has only epistemic content. > > > > Then you need to explain how that epi

Re: The Ilusion of Branching and the MWI

2018-08-04 Thread agrayson2000
On Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 10:00:58 PM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > > Do you really think that using your words, insults and so on will convince > anyone? > *No, of course not They're beyond being effected by simple logic, or common sense, which became extinct not so long ago. They can't

Decoherence Theory according to Schlosshauer

2018-08-04 Thread agrayson2000
As long as the universe is not resolved into individual subsystems *(that is, no tensor decomposition of the WF)*, there is no measurement problem. IMO, highly doubtful, or minimally outside the domain of quantum theory where there is such a thing as measurements, and thus the dualism being den

The Ilusion of Branching and the MWI

2018-08-04 Thread agrayson2000
AFAIK, no one has ever observed a probability wave, from which I conclude the wave function has only epistemic content. So I have embraced the "shut up and calculate" interpretation of the wave function. I also see a connection between the True Believers of the MWI, and Trump sycophants; they s

Re: Do we live within a Diophantine equation?

2018-08-02 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 10:39:52 PM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 8/1/2018 2:57 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 9:36:18 PM UTC, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 8/1/2018 1:50 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 4:41

Re: Do we live within a Diophantine equation?

2018-08-01 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 9:36:18 PM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 8/1/2018 1:50 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 4:41:02 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 2:09:45 AM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/31/2018 6

Re: Do we live within a Diophantine equation?

2018-08-01 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 4:41:02 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 2:09:45 AM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/31/2018 6:22 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 12:11:48 AM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/31/2018 2:43

Re: Do we live within a Diophantine equation?

2018-07-31 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 2:09:45 AM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/31/2018 6:22 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 12:11:48 AM UTC, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/31/2018 2:43 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 7:14:

Re: Do we live within a Diophantine equation?

2018-07-31 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 1:22:44 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 12:11:48 AM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/31/2018 2:43 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 7:14:53 PM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/31/2018 6:43 AM

Re: Do we live within a Diophantine equation?

2018-07-31 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 12:11:48 AM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/31/2018 2:43 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 7:14:53 PM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/31/2018 6:43 AM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 6:11:18 AM UTC,

Re: Do we live within a Diophantine equation?

2018-07-31 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 7:14:53 PM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/31/2018 6:43 AM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 6:11:18 AM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/30/2018 9:21 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 1:34:58 AM UTC, Bren

Re: Do we live within a Diophantine equation?

2018-07-31 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 4:47:13 PM UTC, Jason wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 1:11 AM Brent Meeker > wrote: > >> >> >> On 7/30/2018 9:21 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 1:34:58 AM UTC, Brent wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 7/30/2018 4:40 PM, agrays

Re: Do we live within a Diophantine equation?

2018-07-31 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 6:11:18 AM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/30/2018 9:21 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 1:34:58 AM UTC, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/30/2018 4:40 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 7:50:47 PM UT

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 4:21:53 AM UTC, Bruce wrote: > > From: Jason Resch > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 8:33 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> From: Jason Resch > >> >> >> You can use "itself" only if this "it" can be in multiple locations and >> heading in different directions. >> >> >> Tha

Re: Do we live within a Diophantine equation?

2018-07-30 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 1:34:58 AM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/30/2018 4:40 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 7:50:47 PM UTC, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/30/2018 8:02 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> *and claims the system being measured is physically in

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 1:33:21 AM UTC, Bruce wrote: > > From: Jason Resch > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:36 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> From: Jason Resch > >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 6:12 PM Bruce Kellett > > wrote: >> >>> From: Jason Resch > >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 1

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 12:57:34 AM UTC, Jason wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:42 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> From: Jason Resch > >> >> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:22 PM Bruce Kellett > > wrote: >> >>> From: Jason Resch > >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 2:38 PM Brent Meeker >>

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 7:38:38 PM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/30/2018 7:39 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > > Does it exist and happen, or does the final result merely materialize >>> magically like the live or dead cat? >>> >> >> *In my view, we don't know how the final result materializes; the

Re: Do we live within a Diophantine equation?

2018-07-30 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 11:11:56 PM UTC, John Clark wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 4:27 PM, Brent Meeker > wrote: > >> > >> >>> Many, perhaps most, physicists do exactly that because they believe in >>> the "Shut Up And Calculate" quantum interpretation and are only interested >>> in p

Re: Do we live within a Diophantine equation?

2018-07-30 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 7:50:47 PM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/30/2018 8:02 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > *and claims the system being measured is physically in all eigenstates > simultaneously before measurement.* > > > > Nobody claims that this is true. But most of us would I think agree

Re: Do we live within a Diophantine equation?

2018-07-30 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 4:58:07 PM UTC, John Clark wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 5:16 PM, > > wrote: > > *>Why obsess about the alleged FTL collapse of the wf?* > > FTL is not the problem, every experimental result and every quantum > interpretation I've ever heard of says information

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 2:11:11 PM UTC, Jason wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:29 AM, Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> From: Jason Resch > >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:13 AM, Brent Meeker > > wrote: >> >>> ?? Quantum computers cannot calculate anything more than classical >>> com

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-29 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 5:17:16 AM UTC, Jason wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:13 AM, Brent Meeker > wrote: > >> ?? Quantum computers cannot calculate anything more than classical >> computers. There are some algorithms that allow a QC to calculate >> something faster; but the do

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-29 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 5:08:24 AM UTC, Jason wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 10:30 PM, > > wrote: > >> >> >> On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 3:11:47 AM UTC, Jason wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 6:44 PM, wrote: >>> On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 11:23:49 PM UT

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-29 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 3:11:47 AM UTC, Jason wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 6:44 PM, > > wrote: > >> >> >> On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 11:23:49 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 10:31:05 PM UTC, Jason wrote: Quantum computers re

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-29 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 11:23:49 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 10:31:05 PM UTC, Jason wrote: >> >> Quantum computers represent a disproof of the conjecture that the wave >> function is merely a convenience or tool for estimating probabilities of >> e

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-29 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 10:31:05 PM UTC, Jason wrote: > > Quantum computers represent a disproof of the conjecture that the wave > function is merely a convenience or tool for estimating probabilities of > experimental outcomes, rather than something that is real. The reason: it > does thi

Re: Do we live within a Diophantine equation?

2018-07-29 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 8:17:34 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 5:32:37 PM UTC, John Clark wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 12:01 PM, Jason Resch wrote: >> >> *>If you want to know why so many of us are under the spell of MWI and >>> have dem

Re: Do we live within a Diophantine equation?

2018-07-29 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 5:32:37 PM UTC, John Clark wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 12:01 PM, Jason Resch > wrote: > > *>If you want to know why so many of us are under the spell of MWI and >> have demented our own view of reality into a stark violation of what ours >> senses so plai

Re: My final word on the MWI --

2018-07-29 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 1:54:06 PM UTC, telmo_menezes wrote: > > On 29 July 2018 at 15:46, smitra > wrote: > > My final word would be the following. There only exists an eternal > > multiverse comprising of all possible observations. This is a conjecture for which no support exists. AG

Re: Do we live within a Diophantine equation?

2018-07-29 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 9:10:57 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 7:40:44 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 28 Jul 2018, at 11:11, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 7:26:56 PM UTC, Brent wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 7

Re: Do we live within a Diophantine equation?

2018-07-29 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 7:40:44 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 28 Jul 2018, at 11:11, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 7:26:56 PM UTC, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/25/2018 11:54 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 25 Jul 2018, at 16:36, Jason Resch w

Realizable quantum states

2018-07-28 Thread agrayson2000
Up and Dn are realizable physical states for a spin 1/2 particle. Up - Dn, and Up + Dn are also realizable, that is physical states of a spin 1/2 particle, according to the QM formaliam. We can't measure the latter two states because, presumably, we can't imagine what they are. Not being able t

Re: My final word on the MWI --

2018-07-28 Thread agrayson2000
On Saturday, July 28, 2018 at 5:44:54 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 28 Jul 2018, at 01:37, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Friday, July 27, 2018 at 7:15:58 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Friday, July 27, 2018 at 6:19:47 PM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote: >>> >>> >>>

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-28 Thread agrayson2000
On Saturday, July 28, 2018 at 11:39:34 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 27 Jul 2018, at 21:07, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Friday, July 27, 2018 at 10:41:32 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 26 Jul 2018, at 23:37, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thursday, July 26, 2

Re: Do we live within a Diophantine equation?

2018-07-28 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 7:26:56 PM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/25/2018 11:54 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 25 Jul 2018, at 16:36, Jason Resch > > wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 10:47 PM, Brent Meeker > wrote: > >> >> >> On 7/24/2018 7:02 PM, Jason Resch wrote: >> >> >> >> O

Re: My final word on the MWI --

2018-07-27 Thread agrayson2000
On Friday, July 27, 2018 at 7:15:58 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Friday, July 27, 2018 at 6:19:47 PM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote: >> >> >> >> Le ven. 27 juil. 2018 à 19:55, a écrit : >> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, July 27, 2018 at 9:58:47 AM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote:

Re: My final word on the MWI --

2018-07-27 Thread agrayson2000
On Friday, July 27, 2018 at 6:18:49 PM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/26/2018 11:31 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > > > > Le ven. 27 juil. 2018 à 00:10, > a > écrit : > >> >> >> On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 9:59:49 PM UTC, stathisp wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 at 2:08 am, wrote: >>> >>

Re: My final word on the MWI --

2018-07-27 Thread agrayson2000
On Friday, July 27, 2018 at 6:19:47 PM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > > > > Le ven. 27 juil. 2018 à 19:55, > a > écrit : > >> >> >> On Friday, July 27, 2018 at 9:58:47 AM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Le ven. 27 juil. 2018 à 09:26, a écrit : >>> On Friday, July 27, 2

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-27 Thread agrayson2000
On Friday, July 27, 2018 at 10:41:32 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 26 Jul 2018, at 23:37, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 4:59:01 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 26 Jul 2018, at 09:55, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> *I think this discussion

Re: My final word on the MWI --

2018-07-27 Thread agrayson2000
On Friday, July 27, 2018 at 9:58:47 AM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > > > > Le ven. 27 juil. 2018 à 09:26, > a > écrit : > >> >> >> On Friday, July 27, 2018 at 6:31:26 AM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Le ven. 27 juil. 2018 à 00:10, a écrit : >>> On Thursday, July 26,

Re: My final word on the MWI --

2018-07-27 Thread agrayson2000
On Friday, July 27, 2018 at 8:50:36 AM UTC, telmo_menezes wrote: > > On 27 July 2018 at 09:26, > wrote: > > > > > > On Friday, July 27, 2018 at 6:31:26 AM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> Le ven. 27 juil. 2018 à 00:10, a écrit : > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Thursday, Jul

Re: My final word on the MWI --

2018-07-27 Thread agrayson2000
On Friday, July 27, 2018 at 6:31:26 AM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > > > > Le ven. 27 juil. 2018 à 00:10, > a > écrit : > >> >> >> On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 9:59:49 PM UTC, stathisp wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 at 2:08 am, wrote: >>> On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 11

Re: My final word on the MWI --

2018-07-26 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 9:59:49 PM UTC, stathisp wrote: > > > On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 at 2:08 am, > wrote: > >> >> >> On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 11:30:11 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 11:24:42 AM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote: I still

Re: My final word on the MWI --

2018-07-26 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 5:19:00 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 26 Jul 2018, at 13:06, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > -- a mental illness, verging on, but not quite a form of insanity. AG > > > > That was like the final word of the Church about Giordano Bruno, who dared > to sugges

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-26 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 4:59:01 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 26 Jul 2018, at 09:55, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > *I think this discussion is a waste of time. You can't even understand why > a classical wave which extends to infinity along an infinite plane implies > FTL,* >

Re: My final word on the MWI --

2018-07-26 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 11:30:11 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 11:24:42 AM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote: >> >> I still don't get it why some people prefer insulting other people and >> their ideas instead of discussing or just stay with their own th

Re: My final word on the MWI --

2018-07-26 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 11:24:42 AM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > > I still don't get it why some people prefer insulting other people and > their ideas instead of discussing or just stay with their own thoughts and > just say they disagree... What do you gain by saying they are insane,

My final word on the MWI --

2018-07-26 Thread agrayson2000
-- a mental illness, verging on, but not quite a form of insanity. AG -- 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...@googlegroup

Re: Proof; Eigenfunctions having different eigenvalues are orthogonal

2018-07-26 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 12:14:29 AM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 7:29:30 AM UTC-5, agrays...@gmail.com > wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 11:36:35 AM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote: >>> >>> Different eigenstates with the same eigenvalues are

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-26 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 7:40:26 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 25 Jul 2018, at 12:30, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 9:29:58 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 24 Jul 2018, at 21:53, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 24,

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-26 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 7:40:26 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 25 Jul 2018, at 12:30, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 9:29:58 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 24 Jul 2018, at 21:53, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 24,

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-25 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 10:30:34 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 9:29:58 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 24 Jul 2018, at 21:53, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 6:37:19 PM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote: >>>

Re: Proof; Eigenfunctions having different eigenvalues are orthogonal

2018-07-25 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 11:36:35 AM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > Different eigenstates with the same eigenvalues are degenerate. This > degeneracy can be split however if you turn on some perturbing field, such > as an electric or magnetic field. An electric and magnetic field applie

Re: Proof; Eigenfunctions having different eigenvalues are orthogonal

2018-07-25 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 8:24:31 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 12:49:02 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/qmech/Quantum/node40.html >> > > Can we have different eigenfunctions with the same eigenvalue?

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-25 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 9:29:58 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 24 Jul 2018, at 21:53, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 6:37:19 PM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote: >> >> >> >> Le mar. 24 juil. 2018 à 20:30, a écrit : >> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, July 24, 201

Re: Proof; Eigenfunctions having different eigenvalues are orthogonal

2018-07-25 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 12:49:02 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/qmech/Quantum/node40.html > Can we have different eigenfunctions with the same eigenvalue? How common is this? TIA, AG -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Proof; Eigenfunctions having different eigenvalues are orthogonal

2018-07-24 Thread agrayson2000
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Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-24 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 6:37:19 PM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > > > > Le mar. 24 juil. 2018 à 20:30, > a > écrit : > >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 12:58:43 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 24 Jul 2018, at 09:19, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Monday, July

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-24 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 12:58:43 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 24 Jul 2018, at 09:19, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Monday, July 23, 2018 at 4:27:03 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 20 Jul 2018, at 23:12, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Friday, July 20, 201

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-24 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, July 23, 2018 at 4:27:03 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 20 Jul 2018, at 23:12, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Friday, July 20, 2018 at 10:17:04 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 20 Jul 2018, at 04:40, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> >> *Nevertheless, I sti

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-20 Thread agrayson2000
On Friday, July 20, 2018 at 10:17:04 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 20 Jul 2018, at 04:40, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 9:24:26 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 4:39:30 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>> >

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-19 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 9:24:26 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 4:39:30 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 18 Jul 2018, at 05:02, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 2:00:47 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-18 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 4:39:30 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 18 Jul 2018, at 05:02, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 2:00:47 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 12:00:08 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>> >

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-17 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 2:00:47 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 12:00:08 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 16 Jul 2018, at 23:08, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 8:30:58 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>>

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-17 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 12:00:08 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 16 Jul 2018, at 23:08, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 8:30:58 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 13 Jul 2018, at 01:55, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, July 11

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-16 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 7:48:02 AM UTC-6, scerir wrote: > > --- SCERIR; IN YOU OWN WORDS; WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE AND WHY? AG > > Is the state ψ (i.e. a superposition state) a physically object or is it > an abstract entity that merely provides information about the system? > *We know for sur

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-16 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 7:48:02 AM UTC-6, scerir wrote: > > --- SCERIR; IN YOU OWN WORDS; WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE AND WHY? AG > > Is the state ψ (i.e. a superposition state) a physically object or is it > an abstract entity that merely provides information about the system? > *It just gives i

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-16 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 8:30:58 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 13 Jul 2018, at 01:55, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 2:16:24 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com > wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 4:42:44 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >>> >>> >>>

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-14 Thread agrayson2000
"The compulsion to replace the "simultaneous* happenings, as indicated directly by the theory, --- Where does the theory assert this? I don't see this, and the usual suspects are silent. I suppose they can't stand the heat. I see that Peres is focused on how the complex amplitudes are estim

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-13 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 8:24:32 AM UTC-6, scerir wrote: > > > Il 12 luglio 2018 alle 3.57 agrays...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > > > On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 11:23:55 PM UTC-6, scerir wrote: > > > Il 11 luglio 2018 alle 0.01 agrays...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > > > On Monday, July 9, 201

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-12 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 2:16:24 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 4:42:44 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/10/2018 3:01 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> *IIRC, the above quote is also in the Wiki article. It's not a coherent >> argument;

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-11 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 8:30:26 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 8:17:14 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/10/2018 6:34 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 5:08:30 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 7/

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-11 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 11:23:55 PM UTC-6, scerir wrote: > > > Il 11 luglio 2018 alle 0.01 agrays...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > > > On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 11:55:45 PM UTC-6, scerir wrote: > > > Il 9 luglio 2018 alle 22.46 agrays...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > > > On Saturday, July 7, 201

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-11 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 4:42:44 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/10/2018 3:01 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > *IIRC, the above quote is also in the Wiki article. It's not a coherent > argument; not even an argument but an ASSERTION. Let's raise the level of > discourse. It says we a

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 8:28:51 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/10/2018 7:04 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 5:08:30 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/10/2018 3:30 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> *More and more, Dirac's claim seems to be a

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 8:24:38 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/10/2018 6:50 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 4:42:44 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/10/2018 3:01 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> *IIRC, the above quote is also in the Wiki

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 8:17:14 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/10/2018 6:34 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 5:08:30 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/10/2018 3:30 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> *More and more, Dirac's claim seems to be a

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 5:08:30 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/10/2018 3:30 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > *More and more, Dirac's claim seems to be an illusion that most everyone > has fallen in love with. Consider the example of a vector in a plane > decomposed as a superpositi

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 4:42:44 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/10/2018 3:01 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > *IIRC, the above quote is also in the Wiki article. It's not a coherent > argument; not even an argument but an ASSERTION. Let's raise the level of > discourse. It says we a

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 5:08:30 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/10/2018 3:30 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > *More and more, Dirac's claim seems to be an illusion that most everyone > has fallen in love with. Consider the example of a vector in a plane > decomposed as a superpositi

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 4:01:02 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 11:55:45 PM UTC-6, scerir wrote: >> >> >> Il 9 luglio 2018 alle 22.46 agrays...@gmail.com ha scritto: >> >> >> >> On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 4:48:51 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 11:55:45 PM UTC-6, scerir wrote: > > > Il 9 luglio 2018 alle 22.46 agrays...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > > > On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 4:48:51 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 12:19:23 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > >

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-09 Thread agrayson2000
On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 4:48:51 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 12:19:23 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 1:56:12 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 1:22:03 PM UT

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-07 Thread agrayson2000
On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 4:48:51 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 12:19:23 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 1:56:12 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 1:22:03 PM UT

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-07 Thread agrayson2000
On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 12:19:23 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 1:56:12 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 1:22:03 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 7/6/2018 11:44 AM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-07 Thread agrayson2000
On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 1:56:12 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 1:22:03 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/6/2018 11:44 AM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 5:14:34 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 7/5/20

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-06 Thread agrayson2000
On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 1:22:03 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/6/2018 11:44 AM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 5:14:34 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/5/2018 3:55 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 2:03:46 PM

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-06 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 5:14:34 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/5/2018 3:55 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 2:03:46 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/5/2018 11:27 AM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 10:57:06

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-05 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 2:03:46 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/5/2018 11:27 AM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 10:57:06 AM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/4/2018 1:57 AM, 'scerir' via Everything List wrote: >> >> >> *No. I am asserting that the I

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