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To: LeGrande; Mind-numbed Robot; Alamo-Girl; Matchett-PI; xzins; GourmetDan; exDemMom; gobucks
It has nothing to do with what the wavefuntion wants, at least we don't think so : )

But what could a wavefunction "want?" Are you saying that the wavefunction is an intelligent agent, with "wants?"

It seems that only intelligent agents can have "wants," a/k/a desires....

426 posted on 08/28/2011 11:24:25 AM PDT by betty boop (We are led to believe a lie when we see with, and not through, the eye. — William Blake)
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To: betty boop
Indeed - wave functions are not intelligent agents.
456 posted on 08/28/2011 8:09:13 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: betty boop; LeGrande; Mind-numbed Robot; Alamo-Girl; Matchett-PI; xzins; GourmetDan; exDemMom; ...
But what could a wavefunction "want?"

It is but a linguistic necessity, dear boop. To avoid using the word “cause.”

519 posted on 09/06/2011 11:41:31 AM PDT by YHAOS (you betcha!)
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