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And while I'm on physics... Here are some interpretations of quantum mechanics. Quite enough fiction has been written based on (mostly as a plot device) the Many Worlds and (mostly as a metaphor) the Wavefunction Collapse models. I am declaring a moratorium. From now on, please write stories based on the Copenhagen, State Reflects Observer's Knowledge, Comments
How is "State Reflects Observer's Knowledge" different from the (debunked, I thought I heard somewhere) "Hidden Variables" interpretation? Posted by: David Moles at May 17, 2005 03:28 PMYou got me. Let's wait for someone with some physics clue to drop by and tell us. Posted by: Benjamin Rosenbaum at May 17, 2005 03:34 PMExperiments based on John Bell's inequalities have established that hidden variable theories must be non-local. This means that a hidden variable theory must allow the existence of the instantaneous transfer of information between distant particles. There is a minority view that the experiments did not show this, due to biases in the assumptions. However non-local hidden variable interpretations such as pilot wave or Bohm are not precluded. Posted by: Michael Musson at May 17, 2005 10:29 PMI blogged an idle thought (I have no other kind of thought, so please accept this comment as a disclaimer that I apply any kind of rigor to my thinking in any way at all) about the transactional model. Link: https://holychao.blogspot.com/2005/05/transactions.html Posted by: Matt Hulan at May 23, 2005 05:08 PMSome people are on crack. Ben is on physics. Explains a lot. Posted by: SarahP at May 31, 2005 04:21 PM |