Re: Quantum decoherence

2011-05-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 Apr 2011, at 04:03, Stephen Paul King wrote: Hi Bruno, But are machine semantics restricted to a position basis mode of expression? That was the question I as asking. Probably not, but I am not sure. Even pure spin computations needs the use of position, at least for rea

Re: Quantum decoherence

2011-04-30 Thread meekerdb
On 4/29/2011 5:47 PM, zprime21 wrote: try stuart hammeroff and roger penrose collaborationregarding conciousness. On Apr 27, 12:16 pm, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: Recently I have seen interpretation of quantum mechanics in terms of quantum decoherence, for example Decoherence and the Transit

Re: Quantum decoherence

2011-04-30 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
I have found the interview with Stuart Hameroff by googling http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2911199841702354668 Do you mean something like this? I am not sure that I find Hameroff's ideas impressive. I am personally closer to Mike's agnosticism: "What the WORLD is, if it exists (what

Re: Quantum decoherence

2011-04-29 Thread zprime21
try stuart hammeroff and roger penrose collaborationregarding conciousness. On Apr 27, 12:16 pm, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: > Recently I have seen interpretation of quantum mechanics in terms of > quantum decoherence, for example Decoherence and the Transition from > Quantum to Classical by Wojcie

Re: Quantum decoherence

2011-04-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 Apr 2011, at 20:32, meekerdb wrote: On 4/28/2011 4:07 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 27 Apr 2011, at 22:48, meekerdb wrote: On 4/27/2011 12:16 PM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: Recently I have seen interpretation of quantum mechanics in terms of quantum decoherence, for example Decoherence and

Re: Quantum decoherence

2011-04-28 Thread Stephen Paul King
From: Bruno Marchal Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 7:07 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Quantum decoherence On 27 Apr 2011, at 22:48, meekerdb wrote: > On 4/27/2011 12:16 PM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: >> Recently I have seen interpretation of quantum mechanics

Re: Quantum decoherence

2011-04-28 Thread meekerdb
On 4/28/2011 4:07 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 27 Apr 2011, at 22:48, meekerdb wrote: On 4/27/2011 12:16 PM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: Recently I have seen interpretation of quantum mechanics in terms of quantum decoherence, for example Decoherence and the Transition from Quantum to Classical by

Re: Quantum decoherence

2011-04-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 Apr 2011, at 22:48, meekerdb wrote: On 4/27/2011 12:16 PM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: Recently I have seen interpretation of quantum mechanics in terms of quantum decoherence, for example Decoherence and the Transition from Quantum to Classical by Wojciech H. Zurek. What is an attitude i

Re: Quantum decoherence

2011-04-27 Thread meekerdb
On 4/27/2011 12:16 PM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: Recently I have seen interpretation of quantum mechanics in terms of quantum decoherence, for example Decoherence and the Transition from Quantum to Classical by Wojciech H. Zurek. What is an attitude in general to this? Is this good? Is there a good