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- Subject: Re: Quantum Mechanics Incomplete
- Message-ID: <93009.130058MRG3@psuvm.psu.edu>
- From: <MRG3@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 13:00:58 EST
- References: <1ikj50INNgc6@gaia.ucs.orst.edu> <477@mtnmath.UUCP>
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- In article <477@mtnmath.UUCP>, paul@mtnmath.UUCP (Paul Budnik) says:
- > [...]
- >If you think this is a valid argument against my claim that you have
- >to use wave packet reduction in analyzing tests of Bell's inequality
- >you are mistaken. It is not possible to get the standard predictions
- >of quantum mechanics about the expected correlations without using
- >wave packet reduction as an *intermediate* step. If you think there
- >is a way around this I urge you to attempt it. I can assure you
- >that if you succeed you will have an important original result. You
- >will not succeed because you need some nonlocal physical law and the
- >reduction of the wave packet is the only one around.
-
- The EPR experiment has been analyzed in the context of the relative state/
- many worlds interpretation by Don Page and in the context of the
- consistent histories interpretation by Bob Griffiths. (Sorry, I do not have
- the exact references available). Neither of these interpretations
- contain a catostrophic "collapse of the wave function", but are consistent
- with the "usual" results.
- I am by no means certain, but the impression I get is that
- Paul's arguments are interpretation dependent. On the other hand,
- I will NOT argue that QM is necessarily complete. ;)
-
- -mike gallis
- (PS Paul, did you get the email I sent with the references you asked for?
- my mailler seems to have freaked (partially) on the address.)
-