Recent content by ZachHerbert

The qm account may be sufficient to describe the behavior, but it certainly is not local. I recommend reading Maudlin’s “https://www.amazon.com/dp/0631232214/?tag=pfamazon01-20” which I quoted above. It gives a thorough presentation of Bell’s theorem and the Aspect experiment, and then examines...

But this isn't correct. If all of the relevant information could be found at time-like or light-like intervals to the result, then the terms "entanglement" and "nonlocality" would never have been invented in the first place. This isn't the whole picture though. Just because hidden variables...

Well that's the part that is new in what I'm proposing. I agree that the complex structures that form human cognitive states are emergent. But what I'm suggesting is that the bare, fundamental relation that is at work in the observer/information dynamic should be treated as primitive. Since...

That maybe true, but it doesn't excuse the omission. If physics is comfortable with taking the concepts of space and time seriously - both of which have origins in phenomenal human perception - then this third relation should be taken just as seriously. Embracing variation and change, while...

No difference other than how we label them. (eg. variation over space, change over time.) My point was simply that any value robust enough to serve as an explanation to some physical phenomenon couldn't be self-contained within a single event. (The same with the values for c and G. You don't...

Naively, yes. But only if we take both observation and https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=467357" (which is what we’ve always done). If we begin by assuming a dualistic ontology – where particles are fundamentally distinct from spacetime – then yes, all measurements are ultimately...

Some of this has to be a language problem, because Jammer’s point is so simple as to not even be worth arguing over. So let me define some terms as I am using them. (And if someone wants to tell me an alternate, more appropriate term, I’m happy to use it.) When I say Primitive, I mean a...

Firstly, thank you to everyone who is actually engaging in the discussion - even though I may not always use explicit enough language to express my ideas. I appreciate the effort. I know that they aren't fundamental in the same way, but it seems that Jammer's critique still applies. If "quark...

First of all, thank you Apeiron for actually reading the paper and making the attempt to understand what I’m saying. The effort is very much appreciated. I know it sounds crank, but I do want clarify (for those who haven’t read it) that I’m not claiming that Perspective provides a unique...

Perhaps you missed it during your polemic. So I'll ask again. Which of these statements is false? 1) Dynamical values cannot be represented using 0 bits of information 2) [The] information necessary to perfectly describe [a] system, must be finite if the region of space and the energy is...

Okay, perhaps I should clarify further. Yes, I understand that the classical idea of "force" is no longer around. Yes, I understand that the "forces" in the Standard Model are modeled using symmetry groups instead. Yes, I understand that there is a proposed theory in which "mass" is acquired...

At this stage, I'll just go ahead and http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8804875/Primitives%2BIntro.pdf" as a reference for anyone who may be interested. Otherwise, I'm just going to end up recreating it post by post anyway. I won't quote your entire post, but I'm in agreement with all of it (and tend...

Firstly, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Jammer Secondly, I am indeed trying to have the discussion at a much more conceptual level. (Thanks Pythagorean for defending that point.) I use Jammer's characterization of space, time and mass because they are an intuitive starting point. (And...

I come at this from a different direction, but I suspect you may like the approach I take in my paper. It's too far off topic to go into all the details here, but maybe I'll start another post that addresses the phenomenological angle. Very briefly, the idea is to stop drawing harsh...

The idea is that no dynamical qualities should be available at a primitive level. I'm using mass as a quintessential example, but the same applies to "energy" or "temperature" or even "entropy." All of those things require information to model, and therefore cannot be assigned to individual...