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- From: paul@mtnmath.UUCP (Paul Budnik)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: Quantum Mechanics Incomplete
- Message-ID: <480@mtnmath.UUCP>
- Date: 9 Jan 93 23:23:29 GMT
- References: <1ikj50INNgc6@gaia.ucs.orst.edu] <477@mtnmath.UUCP> <93009.130058MRG3@psuvm.psu.edu>
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- In article <93009.130058MRG3@psuvm.psu.edu] , MRG3@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
- ] [...]
- ] 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. ;)
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- I do not believe my analysis is interpretation dependent. Please see the
- following article on `The instantaneous transfer of information in QM
- calculations' for a full explanation. You do not need to use collapse
- but you need some equivalent nonlocal process. You need to assume that
- the wave function you use in calculations changes instantaneously or
- you simply cannot get the standard quantum mechanical predictions.
-
- Paul Budnik
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