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>From: clarke@acme.ucf.edu (Thomas Clarke)
Subject: Re: Quantum consciousness
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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1992 13:12:40 GMT

In article <1992Jun10.210233.7608@guinness.idbsu.edu> holmes@opal.idbsu.edu  
(Randall Holmes) writes:
> In article <1992Jun10.190115.6937@guinness.idbsu.edu> holmes@opal.idbsu.edu  
(Randall Holmes) writes:
> >In article <1992Jun10.173555.27484@cs.ucf.edu> clarke@acme.ucf.edu (Thomas  
Clarke) writes:
> >[...]
> >>
> >>Many worlds is a consistent interpretation of quantum mechanics 
> >>in that it produces exactly the same observations and predictions 
> >>as the standard model (otherwise it would probably be wrong since it 
> >>would violate some experiment), and because of that I still maintain
> >>many worlds is isomorphic to the standard interpretation.  

> >Its physical predictions are the same as those of the usual
> >interpretation; thus the characteristic features of the usual
> >interpretation (collapsing wave functions, etc.) are _not part of the
> >physics_. 
> >

> 	On reflection, I suppose that the number of branches _could_
> proliferate indefinitely, with the probabilities of individual
> branches getting very small, but all of the branches would still be
> embedded in the original world state, which is in this case perhaps
> getting more "chaotic" all the time. 

I think enough debate about interpretation of QM for now.  We're
not going to settle a debate that has been raging for sixty years
this month in ai.philosophy.  

Very tempting to try for a last word, but I think I'll mull over
my ideas for a try a more coherent and expository posting later
(maybe even a real paper :-).
--
Thomas Clarke
Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central FL
12424 Research Parkway, Suite 300, Orlando, FL 32826
(407)658-5030, FAX: (407)658-5059, clarke@acme.ucf.edu


