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Jjeffn1 replied to the thread Graduate How many interpretations of QM do you speak?.I think the other side of the argument is, for practical purposes, "shut up and calculate" has proven extremely useful. I suspect its...
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I would add that it's a mathematical model. You can try to understand why the model works or just use it. I suppose it's a matter of... -
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To be specific, operator-defined distributions as per the Wightman axioms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wightman_axioms What do you...
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Jjeffn1 replied to the thread Graduate Bohmian Mechanics of DCES (swaps), featuring several papers.At the risk of talking above my head, I think the point is that the nonlocal causation is not constrained by the speed of light. So, if...
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Jjeffn1 reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Graduate How many interpretations of QM do you speak? with Like.
Yes, but the "interpretation" required here is very minimal: you just need to know the operational meaning of the quantities in the...
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Jjeffn1 replied to the thread Graduate How many interpretations of QM do you speak?.An interesting point is that even a description of "the physical phenomena" cannot necessarily be separated from the theory and...
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Jjeffn1 reacted to Matterwave's post in the thread Graduate How many interpretations of QM do you speak? with Like.
His essay "Against Measurement" sums up his views pretty nicely. :)
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Jjeffn1 replied to the thread Graduate How many interpretations of QM do you speak?.Hobson and Bell seem to be using (or more accurately criticizing the use of) the word "measurement" in different contexts. Hobson seems...
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Jjeffn1 replied to the thread Graduate How many interpretations of QM do you speak?.Hobson looks replace the term "measure/measurement" with the term "detect/detection". Hobson's problem, as understand it, is that...
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Jjeffn1 reacted to gentzen's post in the thread Graduate How many interpretations of QM do you speak? with Like.
Bohmian mechanics is flexible about the particles vs fields issue. So Art Hobson is not wrong in this respect.
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Jjeffn1 replied to the thread Graduate How many interpretations of QM do you speak?.He is very critical of consciousness-based theories and, at least at some points, the Many Worlds interpretation. I guess his view is...
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Jjeffn1 reacted to WernerQH's post in the thread Graduate How many interpretations of QM do you speak? with Like.
No, not at all. It is often claimed that the concept of wave particle duality has become obsolete, and that the modern view of quantum...
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Jjeffn1 replied to the thread Graduate How many interpretations of QM do you speak?.Would this put you in the Art Hobson camp? ;)
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The plethora of QM interpretations is not a blessing but a curse. It's a symptom, indicating that we haven't yet found a natural...
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Jjeffn1 replied to the thread Graduate How many interpretations of QM do you speak?.Sorry if this is slightly off the question (if so, can move to other thread), but how how does Art Hobson's view fit in this? Is it...