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PeterDonis replied to the thread Undergrad Dissecting entanglement.What is your basis for this claim? Please be specific about exactly what equations or text in the paper you are using. -
PeterDonis replied to the thread Undergrad "The wavefunction never collapses".Please note that you should not require any simulations in order to see the basic idea in the math; for a simplified scenario like...
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PeterDonis replied to the thread Undergrad "The wavefunction never collapses".It entangles the measured system with the measuring device and the environment, as I said in post #125. And this would be obvious to you...
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I would recommend you to actually read the original EPR paper! It is eminently readable! In EPR they define a necessary (not... -
PeterDonis replied to the thread Undergrad "The wavefunction never collapses".No, you end up in all branches. You do not end up in just one. So there can't be any "hidden variable" that "determines" that you end up...
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PeterDonis replied to the thread Undergrad "The wavefunction never collapses".I don't even know what this means. In the sense that the measurement interaction is what entangles the particles with the measuring...
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PeterDonis replied to the thread Undergrad "The wavefunction never collapses".No, you couldn't, because any such effects would just end up being entangled with everything else, and in any given branch, there would...
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As Peter has already said -- there are no variables that tell you which branch you go to. It's not something "hidden" from you. It just...
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PeterDonis replied to the thread Undergrad "The wavefunction never collapses".No, it isn't. See my post #118 just now.
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PeterDonis replied to the thread Undergrad "The wavefunction never collapses".According to MWI proponents, yes. But not all physicists agree with them. So your claim here is interpretation dependent.
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PeterDonis replied to the thread Undergrad "The wavefunction never collapses".Yes, because that's how the state was prepared. The information that only two outcomes were possible, yes. No. It's known because you...
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DaveC426913 Now I believe I know what's going on. If I had thought about permissions and who has which category on the forum I might...
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Thank you for your honest feedback. I apologize for veering into personal theory territory and for not using formal math. I will take...
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PeterDonis replied to the thread Undergrad Self-reference problem in MWI (13yo amateur, be gentle).Not all interpretations even have anything like what you appear to mean by "pseudo-superposition". You would need to be specific about...
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PeterDonis replied to the thread Undergrad Self-reference problem in MWI (13yo amateur, be gentle).Because there is no wave function collapse in the MWI. So you should not expect the wave function in the MWI to behave like there is.