On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 10:58 PM Philip Thrift <cloudver...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday, November 11, 2019 at 5:45:45 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: >> >> >> Evolution has precisely nothing to do with it. The preferred basis is >> determined by quantum Darwinism acting on the normal physical interactions >> between quantum objects. Being human or sentient is totally irrelevant.. >> The preferred basis plays a fundamental role in the explanation of the >> world as we perceive it -- we do not directly perceive Hilbert space. And >> explaining our experience is the aim of science -- other things fall into >> the realm of metaphysics, which is not science. >> >> Bruce >> > *Journal of Quantum Information Science* > > *No Quantum Process Can Explain the Existence of the Preferred Basis:* > *Decoherence Is Not Universal* > > Hitoshi Inamori > > https://file.scirp.org/Html/3-1300204_70108.htm > > Environment induced decoherence, and other quantum processes, have been > proposed in the literature to explain the apparent spontaneous > selection―out of the many mathematically eligible bases―of a privileged > measurement basis that corresponds to what we actually observe. This paper > describes such processes, and demonstrates that―contrary to common > belief―no such process can actually lead to a preferred basis in general. > > The key observation is that environment induced decoherence implicitly > assumes a prior independence of the observed system, the observer and the > environment. However, such independence cannot be guaranteed, and we show > that environment induced decoherence does not succeed in establishing a > preferred measurement basis in general. > > We conclude that the existence of the preferred basis must be postulated > in quantum mechanics, and that changing the basis for a measurement is, and > must be, described as an actual physical process. > Where do you find these idiots, Phil? Bruce -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLSMP9eKfhAUpVNLRs-Dds8hvss2qRadvUgrUm1o6Z4BTA%40mail.gmail.com.
