Recent content by raphalbatros

Well, by definition, from mathematics, you can only deduce things. Any deduction is based on axioms, and axioms are statements or propositions that are established by humans. The only way a deduction could generate a truth is if the axioms it is based on are also true. It would require for...

Am I right in saying that the wavefunction is a wave of probabilities ?

Schrödinger equation is "describing the time-evolution of the system's wave function" "The wave function is a complex-valued probability amplitude, and the probabilities for the possible results of measurements made on the system can be derived from it" -Wiki I think a logical conclusion would...

I just don't understand how you can see that phenomenon as a deterministic one if it behaves as if it was completely random. The equation describes a wave of probabilities, and thus does not represent a deterministic feature. Do I miss something here? Thank you I will look at that. And what do...

Khashishi If you think the first part is deterministic, how do you avercome Bell's theorem ?

Orodruin Thank you, I will look at that. And sorry, my bad, I thought it was the level required to be able to answer to my question (I should have been more careful).

So, I am not an expert in quantum physic, I just watched a lot of videos about it. If I understand correctly, particles do not have a particular position as long as you don't observe them. With a certain equation, we can draw a cloud of probabilities which describes how likely the particle is...

chiro, I'm sorry, but I don't understand how it can address my question. Maybe I am missing something ? FactChecker Those are 2 interesting questions. For the first question, after having thought about it for some time, it seems to me that this randomness in the initial conditions would not be...

I was discussing with some friends the other day. We were philosophizing about a hypothetical universe which is governed by the principles of causal determinism. (Go look at the Wikipedia page on determinism for more details about causal determinism.) Our first concern was: Could a computer...

Yes, I would say a deterministic world is entirely governed by its initial conditions combined with its "natural laws". And yes, I believe your last statement is true. But imagine I read in a book that "e to the i π + 1 = 0". Then I go ask to my teacher "How is it that e to the i π + 1 = 0 ?"...

write4u have a point. the arguments 1 and 2 made by ogg are invalid I think. They claim the documentary discarded some things (like 4 petals flowers and the presence of circles in an experiment), but in fact, it just did not mention these. On the other hand, the fact you don't see a circle or a...

Stephen Tashi Of course, as a thought experiment, my reasonning is not good for that reason, I understand that. Let me not pretend, but ask a question instead: If a purely deterministic universe was to be, would it contain such ensemble of events (like all coin tosses), whose final states (if...

This NOVA documentary doesn't answers my question at all. It seems to have been made to capture the attention of some people who are not familiar with what is are mathematics. ogg makes some good points about the video in question. I have already looked at that article in the past (The...

Humans created that tool, that language, that consists of axioms and their implications. Mathematics do a good job of communicating the behavior of physical phenomena. In some instances, pure mathematical areas have been found to describe some aspect of reality, only years after having been...

I am 21, I dropped school 2 years ago, I like philosophy and physic