In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Fri, 7 Jun 2013 21:40:15 -0400: Hi, [snip] >QBism does away with such head-shaking weirdness, von Baeyer writes, by >dealing with the wave function, a mathematical expression of objects in >the quantum state. Traditional explanations treat the wave function as a >real property of the object. By contrast, QBism, he explains, treats the >wave function as a mathematical tool and nothing more. Under QBism, the >wave function has no bearing on the reality of the object being studied, >just as the long-division problem to calculate your cars fuel consumption >has no effect on the gas mileage. Remove the wave function, and the >paradoxes and absurdities vanish, he says.>>
This is what I have been saying for 40 years. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
