Re: Sociological approach

From: Bruno Marchal <marchal.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 12:55:21 +0200

Le 24-mai-05, à 00:02, Brent Meeker a écrit :

>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rmiller [mailto:rmiller.domain.name.hidden]
>> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 5:40 PM
>> To: Patrick Leahy
>> Cc: aet.radal ssg; EverythingList; Giu1i0 Pri5c0
>> Subject: Re: Sociological approach
> ...
>> More to the point, if you happen to know why the mere act of
>> measurement--even at a distance-- "induces" a probability collapse,
>> I'd
>> love to hear it.
>
> Measurements are just interactions that project onto "pointer spaces"
> we're
> interested in. There's nothing physically different from any other
> interaction.
> See http://decoherence.de/

I agree, but I would insist the projection must be a first person
appearance. Decoherence makes
measurements merely interaction ... in the MWI. If the projection is
"physically real", it cannot be described by the SWE.
I guess you agree?

Bruno


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