Re: Copenhagen interpretation

From: jamikes <jamikes.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 10:08:01 -0400

Thank you, Saibal Mitra.
If I may add one remark to your position: to
">They are mere mathematical tools to compute the
>outcome of experiments.<
I would add: and the presupposition of such contributed
to the design of those experiments with a presupposition
of "acceptable" vs "rejectable" results.

John Mikes
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"http://pages.prodigy.net/jamikes"


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From: "Saibal Mitra" <smitra.domain.name.hidden>
To: "Bruno Marchal" <marchal.domain.name.hidden>; "scerir" <scerir.domain.name.hidden.it>
Cc: "FoR" <Fabric-of-Reality.domain.name.hidden>; <everything-list.domain.name.hidden.com>
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 8:11 AM
Subject: Copenhagen interpretation


> This all assumes that photons, electrons, etc. are real. We don't know
that.
> If you were Einstein, and you were faced with Bell's result, you could
have
> concluded that the nonexistence of local hidden variables implies that
> elementary paricles don't exist. They are mere mathematical tools to
compute
> the outcome of experiments. The real underlying theory of Nature could be
> still be deterministic. Recently 't Hooft has shown how QM can emerge out
of
> a deterministic theory. In this case QM has to be interpreted according to
> the Copenhagen interpretation.
>
>
> ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
> Van: "Bruno Marchal" <marchal.domain.name.hidden>
> Aan: "scerir" <scerir.domain.name.hidden>
> CC: <everything-list.domain.name.hidden>
> Verzonden: vrijdag 12 juli 2002 12:44
> Onderwerp: Re: "Morality" in a Block Multiverse
>
>
> > Hi Serafino,
> >
SNIP
Received on Fri Jul 12 2002 - 11:37:39 PDT

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