On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 1:38 PM Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 12:02:14AM -0800, Alan Grayson wrote: > > As I see it, JC's core claim about the MWI is that it follows from S's > > equation > > It comes about by not making any further assumptions, like the > wavefunction collapse of CI, or pilot waves of Bohmian mechanics which > privilege one branch over the others. > But MWI does assume that the wavefunction is a real physical object, even though it exists only in 3N-dimensional configuration space; and it also has to make some assumptions about probability that are equivalent to just assuming the Born Rule. So the idea that it does not make any further assumptions beyond the Schrodinger equation is something of a pipe dream. 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/CAFxXSLRk3rF09izkH9HREKfHjEfsPn%2BY1k705f7VtqtrjKkRBQ%40mail.gmail.com.
