On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 10:46 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 4:00:34 PM UTC-7 Bruce Kellett wrote: > > > The fact that a theory does not claim to explain consciousness does not > mean that it cannot be useful, or explain other things within its domain of > application. The problem we have is that many-worlds theory does not > actually explain anything that does not already have a simpler explanation > in terms of some other, less extravagant, theory. For example, many-worlds > theory does not explain why we get only one result on any measurement, and > it does not explain why we get the observed result rather than any other. > This observed fact is easily explained in standard quantum mechanics as the > result of a stochastic process -- it is an axiom of quantum mechanics that > we get only one result for any experiment, and that result is an eigenvalue > of the measurement operator, randomly selected from the possible > eigenvalues. > > Bruce > > > It's hard to imagine, and contrary to observation, that we could get > multiple results for a measurement, but an axiom it is not. AG > If it is not an axiom, what is it? It is not a theorem; it cannot be derived from anything else in the theory. 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLQB7cYwsZiRS-P_h5GDcqNp0h843dvUfqCGvkAwC2CN8g%40mail.gmail.com.
