Hi James,
I will peruse the material that you have provided before I respond to your MWI comments. It may very well be that I have misunderstood certain aspects of MWI, so I will take a look at the material and get back to you on that.
Regarding the limitations of mathematics, did you not...
Hi Mark,
I do not have a problem with the concept of decoherence. There are a multitude of ways in which one can interpret the collapse of the wave function or, indeed, the "appearance" of collapse. It's all a matter of subjective interpretation of the evidence. Is there any evidence that the...
Tegmark's mathematical universe hypothesis is an elegant theory; I am fond of it. I would say, though, that this is ultimately a "faith" position. I would actually prefer it if I could believe that mathematics explains everything, but I cannot force myself to believe something that I do not. If...
James,
Thank you for your articulate and interesting response.
Fundamentally, what we're disagreeing about here is purely subjective philosophy; there are obviously no firm absolutes. As I am a scientist by nature, I do not dogmatically hold a belief if the evidence points to another...
All of the "quantum garbage" that Stuart Hameroff rants about; he believes that human consciousness is a fundamental property of the universe, and endeavours to appear intelligent by using quantum mechanics to explain the origin of consciousness. Again, another pretty and non-falsifiable...
You might be correct; maybe I do impose my beliefs on other people to a certain extent. However, I would disagree with you regarding terminology. I would replace the word "understand" with the following: "come to any firm conclusions on." Even if you're a proponent of MWI, it is simply an...
I probably should not have used "preposterous" to describe my disdain for MWI; I agree that it is not technical, nor helpful.
Hugh Everett was clearly an extremely gifted mathematician; however, I believe that he was probably slightly arrogant, and somewhat delusional, to assume that he could...
Hello,
I am new to this forum. This is an excellent, informative forum; therefore, I felt compelled to join.
I would be interested to engage in dialogue with individuals who support the Many-Worlds interpretation of Quantum Theory. Personally, I despise this interpretation as I believe it is...