On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM Quentin Anciaux <[email protected]> wrote:
> Le sam. 22 févr. 2025, 21:01, Brent Meeker <[email protected]> a > écrit : > >> On 2/21/2025 11:19 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: >> >> You're just restating that amplitudes only matter for probabilities >> because of the Born rule, which is exactly the point in question. You're >> assuming what you need to prove. >> >> Proof is for printers, mathematicians, and whiskey. Science goes by >> evidence. >> >> Brent >> > > We confirmed the Born rule empirically, yes. But the question is why it > holds in a purely unitary framework. If science goes by evidence, then > interpretations must account for that evidence. Just stating that squared > amplitudes determine frequencies doesn’t explain why they should without > assuming it outright. > That argument might have more weight if you could actually give a coherent account of the origin of probability and the Born rule in terms of unitary evolution. 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/CAFxXSLTTR_ceXwVD-7NQjf6qvH18DJCNSHQojLkMZt_zB6ix7Q%40mail.gmail.com.
