g- Perhaps a more rigorous paper would be appropriate. Try PCE Stamp (2006) It’s on the web.
After covering many new experiments and discussion of the current formulations the conclusion goes something like this:
“Decoherence, according to the older ideas, is supposed to explain away the quantum measurement problem...” “There are many things we still do not understand about decoherence and what causes it, and it should now be clear this is a pressing problem.”
(Some people use the ‘measurement problem’, others the ‘observer problem’—it depends on their philosophical bent)
The bigger and more important point is this: ignorance and mystery are what makes good science. They give us something to learn.
Knowing and no mystery are comforting and give us religion.
I don’t have any problem with religion, as long as we don’t turn science into one.
I doubt that was the point of the original post—but when I read ‘science knows’ I just getting a yucky feeling, and I was using this example of why it’s not such a good phrase.
g- Perhaps a more rigorous paper would be appropriate. Try PCE Stamp (2006) It’s on the web. After covering many new experiments and discussion of the current formulations the conclusion goes something like this: “Decoherence, according to the older ideas, is supposed to explain away the quantum measurement problem...” “There are many things we still do not understand about decoherence and what causes it, and it should now be clear this is a pressing problem.” (Some people use the ‘measurement problem’, others the ‘observer problem’—it depends on their philosophical bent) The bigger and more important point is this: ignorance and mystery are what makes good science. They give us something to learn. Knowing and no mystery are comforting and give us religion. I don’t have any problem with religion, as long as we don’t turn science into one. I doubt that was the point of the original post—but when I read ‘science knows’ I just getting a yucky feeling, and I was using this example of why it’s not such a good phrase.