But then you are describing only part of the system using QM. The whole system includes the universe itself, this is described by a wavefunctional that assigns amplitudes to entire space-time configurations and the fields in it.

Saibal


On 28-08-2022 20:42, Brent Meeker wrote:
But in the mean time the expansion of the universe has moved lots of
what the wave function of the universe beyond our horizon. And what we
can access is not the unitary evolution of what we could earlier.

Brent

On 8/28/2022 1:34 AM, smitra wrote:
It's a unitary map, it will evolve the past state into a superposition of many different states. One may argue that this is meaningless, as one has to choose a basis. But this is essentially what time evolution operator does for you. If you work in a particular basis then applying the time evolution operator amounts to changing that basis into another basis without affecting the state of the system in any way.

Saibal

On 28-08-2022 00:41, Brent Meeker wrote:
Why do you think the evolution is deterministic of our part of universe?

Brent

On 8/27/2022 9:17 AM, smitra wrote:
The time evolution operator maps past states of our universe to present states. So, the present state of the universe, which includes our conscious experience of the present state was also present in the early universe in a nonlocal way where there would be no obvious sign of us existing at all.

Saibal

On 27-08-2022 02:44, Brent Meeker wrote:
Even if it were sentient its thoughts would be incomprehensible to
us.

Brent

On 8/26/2022 2:52 AM, John Clark wrote:

On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 5:41 AM Lawrence Crowell
<goldenfieldquaterni...@gmail.com> wrote:

_> I do not think much of this idea that the universe is
sentient._

I think the idea is a bit silly because I don't see any way to prove
or disprove it even in theory. And in the entire universe the only
thing that I know with absolute certainty is sentient is the 3
pounds of gray goo inside a bone vat that is sitting on my
shoulders.

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