RE: Determinism, Free Will and Paradox
January 18, 2015 at 7:35 am
(This post was last modified: January 18, 2015 at 8:27 am by Alex K.)
Commenting on Greene's text, I don't think he's saying anything particularly complicated - we can in principle say something about the probability of arbitrary future events if we know the wave function of the universe at any given moment in time exactly. This may be called quantum determinism, but it's a very weak thing, don't you think.
What I notice is that he likes to assigns a degree of realism to the wave function (as something which is real, one could in principle know, and which persists indefinitely, is all- encompassing, only governed by the schroedinger equation). This, to me, is already very close to a full many worlds interpretation. In fact, I think it is the MWI with him not admitying it.Others would not go as far as he does here.
What I notice is that he likes to assigns a degree of realism to the wave function (as something which is real, one could in principle know, and which persists indefinitely, is all- encompassing, only governed by the schroedinger equation). This, to me, is already very close to a full many worlds interpretation. In fact, I think it is the MWI with him not admitying it.Others would not go as far as he does here.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
