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>From: holmes@opal.idbsu.edu (Randall Holmes)
Subject: Re: Quantum mechanics (no AI here, sorry)
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In article <1992Jun5.165532.26362@guinness.idbsu.edu> holmes@opal.idbsu.edu (Randall Holmes) writes:
>In article <1992Jun4.201614.10240@oracorp.com> daryl@oracorp.com (Daryl McCullough) writes:
>>holmes@opal.idbsu.edu (Randall Holmes) writes:
>>
>>[about quantum nonlocality]
>>
>>>It's local properties of the _waves_ that are involved.  Such an
[...]
>>Randall, I think you are behind the times on this. Einstein *thought*
>>that a hidden-variables interpretation would explain the seeming
[...]
>It just isn't so.  I produced a hidden variables explanation of the
>behaviour of Mermin's device after about an hour of reflection (the
>reflection was required to recover my earlier thinking on the subject,
>which took a lot more than an hour!).  Bell's Theorem says that a
[...]
>>
>>>The "non-locality" has to do (on my interpretation) with the fact
>>>that getting extra information about event A may immediately give
>>>me extra information about event B even if A and B have space-like
>>>separation
>>
>>That explanation has been pretty much ruled out. There is no way
>>to reproduce the statistical predictions of quantum mechanics by
>>such a hidden variables theory.
>
>I just did it.  The point is that the rather stringent conditions on
>Bell's Theorem are not satisfied by this hidden state hypothesis.
[...]
>
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>>
>>Daryl McCullough
>>ORA Corp.
>>Ithaca, NY
>
>
>-- 
>The opinions expressed		|     --Sincerely,
>above are not the "official"	|     M. Randall Holmes
>opinions of any person		|     Math. Dept., Boise State Univ.
>or institution.			|     holmes@opal.idbsu.edu

Fragments included to indicate what material I am talking about.
Please, let's not discuss hidden variables further here.  The original
point I wanted to make is that QM has nothing to do with the nature of
consciousness; this is adequately established by the many-worlds
interpretation.  I don't think that the discussion of hidden variables
is appropriate in comp.ai.philosophy.  My apologies for getting
carried away with it!  I'll be happy to discuss it via e-mail.

By the way, Daryl, I do remember who you are; I recognized your name
and employer on your postings some time ago. Hi!
-- 
The opinions expressed		|     --Sincerely,
above are not the "official"	|     M. Randall Holmes
opinions of any person		|     Math. Dept., Boise State Univ.
or institution.			|     holmes@opal.idbsu.edu


