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>From: stgprao@xing.unocal.com (Richard Ottolini)
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Subject: Re: QM nonsense
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Date: 12 Feb 92 16:12:53 GMT
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QM is a precisely defined mathematical description based on that the universe
appears digital at small scales.  Physicists who use digital computers for
understanding other types of physics run into this mathematics all the time.
Attributing mystical significance to this mathematics about the nature of
the universe or minds is an interesting exercise, but kind of overdoing it.
Reminds me whenever a new mathematical concept is invented, some people
over interpret it.  For example, when the concept of negative numbers was
started to be accepted by mathematicians (a controversy in its day) others
attributed magical properties to negative numbers.


