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PeterDonis replied to the thread AI vs. Humans as Processors in an Environment.I'm not sure there's an actual binary distinction here. Human brains also work on fundamental physical principles. They're not magic... -
PeterDonis replied to the thread AI vs. Humans as Processors in an Environment.Actually, yes, they are. Economics is about limited resources and how we prioritize how they get used: a free market and the price...
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PeterDonis reacted to mzhb's post in the thread Graduate FDM as a physical substrate for the pilot wave, has this been examined? with
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Noted, here are the relevant links. Hu, Barkana and Gruzinov 2000: https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0003365 Lam Hui 2021... -
PeterDonis replied to the thread Graduate FDM as a physical substrate for the pilot wave, has this been examined?.If the answer isn't in the literature you have already referenced on FDM, I don't know where else one would look for it. For what it's...
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PeterDonis replied to the thread High School Electron absorbs photon, but what happens to the photon?.The OP question has been sufficiently addressed and the thread will remain closed. Thanks to all who participated.
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PeterDonis reacted to PeroK's post in the thread High School Electron absorbs photon, but what happens to the photon? with Like.
Superposition is the characteristic of all vectors that a single vector can be expressed as the sum of two or more other vectors. The...
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PeterDonis reacted to BillTre's post in the thread ChatGPT Policy: PF Developing Policies for ChatGPT? with Like.
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I think we should add to the rules an explicit ban on posting chatbot-generated text. That won't make it go away of course, but it...
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Really? Art is maybe the least impressive use of AI I can think of. For other uses hallucination is a bug, but for art it's a feature...
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PeterDonis replied to the thread High School The One Electron Universe suggested by Wheeler.Ah, ok. Yes, I would not trust the Wikipedia page's description of the actual details of the hypothesis.
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PeterDonis replied to the thread High School Electron absorbs photon, but what happens to the photon?.Thread closed for moderation.
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PeterDonis replied to the thread Graduate FDM as a physical substrate for the pilot wave, has this been examined?.Okay, what does "a physical realisation of that wave function" mean? You still haven't answered that question.
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PeterDonis replied to the thread High School The One Electron Universe suggested by Wheeler.This question isn't a question of physics, because "truly identical" is vague ordinary language. If I have one electron with spin up in...
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PeterDonis replied to the thread High School The One Electron Universe suggested by Wheeler.No. I don't think the hypothesis was intended as a serious scientific theoretical hypothesis; it was a typical whimsical suggestion of...
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PeterDonis replied to the thread Graduate FDM as a physical substrate for the pilot wave, has this been examined?.What does "a physical substrate for the pilot wave" mean? The pilot wave is not a physical theory: it's an interpretation of quantum...