R: Re: R: Dualism via Quantum Mechanics

2012-05-13 Thread scerir
H. Kragh (Dirac: a Scientific Biography, Cambridge U.P., 1990) reports a 1927 discussion between Dirac, Heisenberg and Born, about what actually gives rise to the so called collapse (reduction of waves packet). Dirac said that it is 'Nature' that makes the choice (of measurement outcome). Born

Re: R: Re: R: Dualism via Quantum Mechanics

2012-05-13 Thread meekerdb
On 5/12/2012 11:21 PM, scerir wrote: H. Kragh (Dirac: a Scientific Biography, Cambridge U.P., 1990) reports a 1927 discussion between Dirac, Heisenberg and Born, about what actually gives rise to the so called collapse (reduction of waves packet). Dirac said that it is 'Nature' that makes the

Re: R: Dualism via Quantum Mechanics

2012-05-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 12 May 2012, at 15:20, scerir wrote: A few quotes below to dualism from Max Velmans. Evgenii H. Kragh (Dirac: a Scientific Biography, Cambridge U.P., 1990) reports a 1927 discussion between Dirac, Heisenberg and Born, about what actually gives rise to the so called collapse (reduction

Re: R: Dualism via Quantum Mechanics

2012-05-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 12 May 2012, at 22:54, meekerdb wrote: On 5/12/2012 6:20 AM, scerir wrote: A few quotes below to dualism from Max Velmans. Evgenii H. Kragh (Dirac: a Scientific Biography, Cambridge U.P., 1990) reports a 1927 discussion between Dirac, Heisenberg and Born, about what actually gives

Re: R: Dualism via Quantum Mechanics

2012-05-12 Thread meekerdb
On 5/12/2012 6:20 AM, scerir wrote: A few quotes below to dualism from Max Velmans. Evgenii H. Kragh (Dirac: a Scientific Biography, Cambridge U.P., 1990) reports a 1927 discussion between Dirac, Heisenberg and Born, about what actually gives rise to the so called collapse (reduction of waves