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The dominate Copenhagen and Many Worlds interpretations of quantum mechanics are useful, but for many too magical. The Pilot Wave interpretation offers a viable conventional explanation.
1 posted on 05/17/2016 11:13:33 AM PDT by Reeses
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stayin' alive


2 posted on 05/17/2016 11:30:20 AM PDT by Pelham (Trump/Tsoukalos 2016 - vote the great hair ticket)
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Heisenberg was stopped for doing 85 in a 45mph zone. The sheriff shouted “Do you know how fast you were going?” Heisenberg replied, “Yes, but I don’t know where I was.”


3 posted on 05/17/2016 11:35:41 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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I am partial to Bohmian interpretations myself.


4 posted on 05/17/2016 11:39:32 AM PDT by mlo
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A statement is either true or not true. There is no middle ground between the two.
Anyone who doesn’t accept this first principle cannot have a discussion with someone who does. About any subject.


6 posted on 05/17/2016 11:51:47 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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I’ve not got a big problem with Copenhagen. Many Worlds, on the other hand, is just dopey.


7 posted on 05/17/2016 11:55:40 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (You can't have a constitution without a country to go with it)
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We must not discriminate against transquarks.


8 posted on 05/17/2016 12:00:31 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (I apologize for not apologizing.)
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Bump for Later


10 posted on 05/17/2016 12:08:13 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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I prefer the dancing angels interpretation.


11 posted on 05/17/2016 12:15:25 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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All of these are tying to describe something that defies rational categorization. Copenhagen says location is indeterminate from the perspective of this frame of reference. Bohm is basically saying that location is determined but frame of reference is indeterminate. Many Worlds says all of the above, but we're only aware of one at a time.

Like geocentrism vs. heliocentrism it's not about what is "correct" but rather which results in simpler math. But since all of the maths in the quantum realm involve infinities the various interpretations are really all about which infinities one chooses to sweep under the carpet.

14 posted on 05/17/2016 12:47:47 PM PDT by AustinBill (consequence is what makes our choices real)
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I have (yet another) dumb question.

Did somebody actually do “The Experiment” as shown in that illustration?

Or is it theoretical as well?


18 posted on 05/17/2016 1:11:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Why do people find this easier to understand that the Copenhagen interpretation. The only Bohmian theory that works is this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rjbtsX7twc
26 posted on 05/18/2016 1:49:14 PM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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