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I didn't use the word "path", nor does my argument depend on the electron having a particular path. My point was simply that there is a...

This is really a separate question from the one you're asking in this thread. If you want to discuss the Penrose-Hameroff proposal...

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And this happens magically? As someone who works as support staff in education, I can tell you that the work put in at graduation and...

Maybe for you. But not everyone shares your preferences. And there is no reason why your preferences should override everyone else's...

I'm inferring it from your posts. I've already said I don't think lower productivity is due to poor education. So I don't agree with...

This is getting way off topic. Please keep the discussion focused on QM and the thread topic.

In his textbook, he gives basically the same description you quoted, but he also says that an equivalent way of looking at the quantum...

This is how Ballentine presents the statistical interpretation--the ensemble is basically the abstract set of all instances of a given...

Why do you think that I see an ensemble of particles? I see an experiment depending on some knobs, that I can repeat as often as I want...

Yes, I agree. And I would argue that our public school systems not only do not encourage this, they actively discourage it. Which would...

Even leaving aside the political issues, I'm not sure this is true either. At least, not if "education" means what you are using it to...

You're assuming that the primary cause of world poverty is lack of education. I don't think that's true. I think the primary cause of...

So maybe the answer is to not have a one-size-fits-all public education system, but let different people with different preferences work...

You shouldn't be. All human history shows that we humans are very poor at deciding things for others. There are cases where it has to be...