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How do quantum possibilities resolve?


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Many Worlds (universes) Interpretation, what do you believe?  

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  1. 1. Some famous theoretical physicist believe that quantum possibilities resolve as multiple outcomes at once, we only observe the outcome in our universe. What do you believe?

    • The potential outcomes resolve on the quantum scale as what we observe, and the wavefunction collapses. (1927, Werner Heisenberg)? non-deterministic, always random.
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    • The pilot wave theory, deterministic (Bohm 1952), the pilot wave determines which outcome occurs.
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    • Many World Interpretation, outcomes resolve along parallel universes. (objective reality of the universal wavefunction)
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    • Another type of wavefunction collapse theory.
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I selected the first choice, however because the direct linkage between quantum and classic physics is a grey area, im inclined to believe that the wave function collapses at the limitation of quantum distances and time, that there is communication between outcomes via unseen virtual forces that allow only one outcome to resolve. 

This new study suggests that you can observe both outcomes in our universe, so either the study has a major flaw or Occam's razor should be applied to the multiworld hypothesis. They would be forced to come up with a descriminator function. 

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2 hours ago, Scotius said:

One step closer to the Quantum Entanglement communication? :)

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Technically, the microscopic causality postulate of axiomatic quantum field theory implies the impossibility of superluminal communication using any phenomena whose behavior can be described by orthodox quantum field theory.[4] A special case of this is the no-communication theorem, which prevents communication using the quantum entanglement of a composite system shared between two spacelike-separated observers. Some authors have argued that using the no-communication theorem to deduce the impossibility of superluminal communication is circular, since the no-communication theorem assumes that the system is composite. -wikipedia

But think about this, if we can tweek the system to split the quantum state and deliver both outcomes, why can't we trick the system to deliver an outcome we want, forcing inverted collaboration to non-randomly present the entangled outcome on the other end. Radioactive decay is used to deliver the dead or alive outcome, because, we don't know what triggers decay, it is most certainly quantum, but the state of the outcome may be determined by the initial state of formation billions of years ago and interactions thereafter to the present. The experiment biases itself by using at-least a superficially random system, but like the above its all but a circular definition, if we assume (Or, should we assume) that radioactive decay is completely random quantum event, then the cats fate is only determined by decay randomness, it is either or dead or alive to itself, but both until we open the box and observe.

If you want to review the various paradoxes, many of them faux, that observation creates you can read here. If you think these are answers, i think scientifically, unlike Bell's theorem, each are questions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_function_collapse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_decoherence

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The essential problem in this model of decoherance is that you have a precise beam of light, and you force-wave like qualities on what is detected as a particle, what I would say on a beam of light that travels preferentially as a field of an ideal behavior as a wave or particle. If you place a double-slit in that ideal path, you get a measurement of the particle above, which everyone sees. A form of decision base uncertainty the consequence is variance that was not apparent in the previous state (a precise beam) but what added the variance the double slit or the forcing of a more wavelike quality to an electromagnetic field at least momentarily. We now observe uncertainty. But is that the natural behavior or a forced behavior. In otherwords if you interfere with a deterministic state you can force random states, but both might simultaneously exist, and at the same time you are forcing an unpreferred decoherance in the system that later has to be resolved. In this case the probability of the preferred state is lowered, the forced states grow, but all the various states can relate through the most preferred state before resolving and the quantum limits can expand to fulfill the need. Under unforced circumstances no energy needed to be added to allow for this final outcome and everything can be resolved locally. For the variance spread state, the specific might occur polling of the environment with some preferential pathway appearing to resolve the indecision. One could imagine that a quantum event traveling, spiraling, searching for a resolution, and other event passes by also searching for a resolution, and then they resolve as observed, both determined but apparently random. For this reason, as I have said in the past I cannot put a finite limit on the action of virtual particles, the may prefer to act in very small space but it is not neccesary if they are forced.

Consider a graphene tube between earth and alpha centuari. on the inside there is half of a long 4n+2 orbital and on the other half is another, electrons of opposing spin states exist in either.  Suppose I put two electrons in at the exact center and they circulate in that orbital as a wavefunction, I then send two clocks, precisely synchronized at the same speed to earth and alpha centauri (assuming both have the same gravity). If I sample an electron, (I have a selective two identicle devices that rotates its frequency in tune with the spinfunction  of the electron so that I can only select that electron. By my choice spin -1/2 from the inside, and the wave function only allows that state to communicate at the speed of light. The other individual cannot sample another spin -1/2 from the inside with a similar device, because that molecular orbital can only have one electron of each type. The two electons existed apriori, I pulled one, the other exists and it could be at alpha centauri. If per chance I pulled both of the same state by forcing I created matter from very little energy, when (or) do I have to give the energy back? If many world exist, I get to keep the energy, some other world will have lost it. If communication exists I can only take the alternative spin state, because the entire orbital knows its state, whether and how many electrons exist and their state. I don't know the answer, but I still think that Bells theorum is not that, its a hypothesis, should be treated as such.

 

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I just want to add one more bit to this.

This is a quote by Carlo Ravolli, the leading expert of Quantum gravity . . . . .

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" Here is an example: theoretical physics has not done great in the last decades. Why? Well, one of the reasons, I think, is that it got trapped in a wrong philosophy: the idea that you can make progress by guessing new theory and disregarding the qualitative content of previous theories. This is the physics of the "why not?" Why not studying this theory, or the other? Why not another dimension, another field, another universe? Science has never advanced in this manner in the past. Science does not advance by guessing. It advances by new data or by a deep investigation of the content and the apparent contradictions of previous empirically successful theories. Quite remarkably, the best piece of physics done by the three people you mention is Hawking's black-hole radiation, which is exactly this. But most of current theoretical physics is not of this sort. Why? Largely because of the philosophical superficiality of the current bunch of scientists." - http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/the-philosophy-of-guessing-has-harmed-physics-expert-says/

 

 

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