On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 11:04 PM Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> He [Bell] assumes a deterministic local hidden variable theory. >> > > *> **Which theory is that, then?* > *Ironically that was Erwin Schrödinger's quantum interpretation, and Albert Einstein's, but it turned out they were both wrong. They thought the universe was local, deterministic and realistic, but if it was then it would be impossible to violate Bell's Inequality, and if it was then quantum mechanics would make incorrect predictions in experiments set up the way that Bell described. But the experimental results are clear, Bell's Inequality IS violated and the predictions of quantum mechanics are correct. * *So the only way the universe could be deterministic, local and realistic is with Superdeterminism, but that theory is idiotic because it requires you to make quite literally an INFINITE number of assumptions. It's not even a scientific theory because if it's true then the scientific method itself would be of no help whatsoever in increasing your ontological or even epistemological knowledge. It sort of reminds me of Christian fundamentalists who say that the universe was created in 4004 BC and God made dinosaur bones, buried them, and made them look like they were hundreds of millions of years old in order to test our faith. It's impossible to disprove that idea because God is omnipotent so He certainly has the power to fool us if He wants to. But a God like that would be a real prick! * * John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* 3sq -- 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/CAJPayv1%3D2GfGKtV5oXBQ9DPZacjmc5x%3D0psT2TbwCdXdaGfm-Q%40mail.gmail.com.
