Comments on: Tension detected!!! Worldview manager analyzes my views on quantum mechanics http://winephysicssong.com/2009/09/20/tension-detected-worldview-manager-analyzes-my-views-on-quantum-mechanics/ Howard Barnum's blog on art, music, culture, science, public affairs, philosophy, and life Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:24:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Polprav http://winephysicssong.com/2009/09/20/tension-detected-worldview-manager-analyzes-my-views-on-quantum-mechanics/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Polprav Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:07:15 +0000 http://winephysicssong.com/?p=131#comment-85 Hello from Russia! Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you? Hello from Russia!
Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you?

]]> By: Howard Barnum (howard) http://winephysicssong.com/2009/09/20/tension-detected-worldview-manager-analyzes-my-views-on-quantum-mechanics/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Howard Barnum (howard) Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:36:55 +0000 http://winephysicssong.com/?p=131#comment-46 Hi Matt--- Glad to hear you don't think the problem's with me. Working through some of the other topics (Libertarianism and a huge number of questions on Strong AI, with no "tension" detected), its evident there are plenty of places where the matter of how to interpret the question is subtle. Still, doing something like this has some interest as a gauge of how subtle these things really are... Hi Matt---

Glad to hear you don't think the problem's with me. Working through some of the other topics (Libertarianism and a huge number of questions on Strong AI, with no "tension" detected), its evident there are plenty of places where the matter of how to interpret the question is subtle. Still, doing something like this has some interest as a gauge of how subtle these things really are...

]]> By: Matt Leifer http://winephysicssong.com/2009/09/20/tension-detected-worldview-manager-analyzes-my-views-on-quantum-mechanics/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Matt Leifer Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:39:36 +0000 http://winephysicssong.com/?p=131#comment-44 Personally, I think there are <strong>serious</strong> problems with the quantum mechanics section of the Worldview Manager. In your case, the word "communication" is ambiguous because it doesn't distinguish between the ability to signal and the idea that there might be superluminal things going on at the subquantum level. Also, it seems to presuppose a hard-headed John Bell endorsed kind of realism, whereas the definition of realism is actually a subtle philosophical issue. The bottom line is that I think that the QM interpretation issues are a lot subtler than implied by something like the Worldview Manager and I also don't think that Scott Aaronson is the best oracle on this subject. Personally, I think there are serious problems with the quantum mechanics section of the Worldview Manager. In your case, the word "communication" is ambiguous because it doesn't distinguish between the ability to signal and the idea that there might be superluminal things going on at the subquantum level. Also, it seems to presuppose a hard-headed John Bell endorsed kind of realism, whereas the definition of realism is actually a subtle philosophical issue.

The bottom line is that I think that the QM interpretation issues are a lot subtler than implied by something like the Worldview Manager and I also don't think that Scott Aaronson is the best oracle on this subject.

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