> On 7 Sep 2020, at 13:06, John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 6:50 PM Bruce Kellett <bhkellet...@gmail.com > <mailto:bhkellet...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > >> Bruce takes the Born probability as the probability that some sequence > >> exists (i.e. 1) instead of the probability it is the observed sequence, ( > >> |a|^2 ). > > > That is the source of the disagreement. There are two possible questions: > > 1) In the N repeats of the binary outcome experiment, what is the > > probability that the sequence containing all ones will occur? > > If all possible outcomes of N coin flips exist, as in the case in the set up > to your question, then obviously the probability that one of those coin flips > is all ones is 100%. It's the same answer as the answer to the question "If X > exists then what is the probability that X exists?”.
Except that when you look at the outcome, you are yourself multiplied, and so, in the 3p description, you experience all sequences. Yet, you will never experience all sequences, but only one of them, from your personal subjective pov, so, once you understand that the question is about those pov, the objective probability, on the subjective experience, is logically unavoidable. > > > and 2) what is the probability in this scenario that I will experience the > > sequence of all ones? > > And that question has the same answer as "How long is a piece of string?". > It takes more than just the ASCII symbol "?" to make a question. Only because you mix the 1p description (about which we are asking), and the 3p global description, in which indeed there is no probabilities at all. Bruno > > John K Clark > > > > > > > -- > 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 > <mailto:everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv0aGQqyYknHW6vP%2B8g8q5bL8kL_K%2B2qyf0EUSGqCs%2BEoQ%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv0aGQqyYknHW6vP%2B8g8q5bL8kL_K%2B2qyf0EUSGqCs%2BEoQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/777E0CD6-DA2D-4266-833F-9C695A687096%40ulb.ac.be.
