I dunno Nick, your link implies the ‘multiple universes’ interpretation of quantum theory, and like Jaynes and Einstein, I tend to disagree with this interpretation. But yeah, I’m sure there exists some kind of physical explanation that when written down is more similar to a scientific article than a religious text. We just don’t know it yet.
multiple universes… I’m sure there exists some kind of physical explanation
It is well explained in “Quantum Mechanics and Experience” by David Z. Albert.
Essential the many worlds theory works like this (on one interpretation):
There is really one universe. It is the deterministic world of the wave function. Our apparent universe is actually just a projection of that deterministic wave function. There is no collapse of the wave function, it just seems like there is, due to decoherence.
If you imaging a movie screen showing two different stories at once, there is just one movie, but each of the characters in each story behave as if they are aware of their story. In our world, decoherence is what creates the multiple stories.
At least one survey of physicists found MW was the most popular interpretation of QM; at worst it is mainstream.
I dunno Nick, your link implies the ‘multiple universes’ interpretation of quantum theory, and like Jaynes and Einstein, I tend to disagree with this interpretation. But yeah, I’m sure there exists some kind of physical explanation that when written down is more similar to a scientific article than a religious text. We just don’t know it yet.
It is well explained in “Quantum Mechanics and Experience” by David Z. Albert.
Essential the many worlds theory works like this (on one interpretation):
There is really one universe. It is the deterministic world of the wave function. Our apparent universe is actually just a projection of that deterministic wave function. There is no collapse of the wave function, it just seems like there is, due to decoherence.
If you imaging a movie screen showing two different stories at once, there is just one movie, but each of the characters in each story behave as if they are aware of their story. In our world, decoherence is what creates the multiple stories.
At least one survey of physicists found MW was the most popular interpretation of QM; at worst it is mainstream.