Shiny New Kid said:

I'm a fan of the Everett-Deutsch interpretation, as are about 90% of physicists.

One of the uncomfortable consequences of this interpretation is that there is no such thing as time. Which surprisingly matches all the equations that had been previously worked out on how the universe works, which turned out to work equally well either forwards or backwards in time, meaning there's no need for causality after all and thus the absence of time is perfectly consistent with all the evidence

Shiny New Kid said:

I'm a fan of the Everett-Deutsch interpretation, as are about 90% of physicists.

One of the uncomfortable consequences of this interpretation is that there is no such thing as time. Which surprisingly matches all the equations that had been previously worked out on how the universe works, which turned out to work equally well either forwards or backwards in time, meaning there's no need for causality after all and thus the absence of time is perfectly consistent with all the evidence

. said:

True.

But YOU don't know which is which until you open the box.

. said:

But it's neither alive or dead until you look at it.

. said:

Look, if you were designing a universe you wouldn't make shit happen until it was necessary. There is no point having information exist unless it is detectable.

. said:

What if I have a video camera in the box?

. said:

Look, if you were designing a universe you wouldn't make shit happen until it was necessary. There is no point having information exist unless it is detectable.

. said:

I've always been intrigued by that sort of "computational" interpretation, as it is more parsimonious than having to posit an infinite number of parallel universes. However, it raises more questions - such as whether there is some more fundamental reality in which the computer exists that is generating all of this apparent reality.

Shiny New Kid said:

I'm a fan of the Everett-Deutsch interpretation, as are about 90% of physicists.

One of the uncomfortable consequences of this interpretation is that there is no such thing as time. Which surprisingly matches all the equations that had been previously worked out on how the universe works, which turned out to work equally well either forwards or backwards in time, meaning there's no need for causality after all and thus the absence of time is perfectly consistent with all the evidence

Then there's no such thing as the Second Law of Thermodynamics, dissipative structures, biology or chemistry, life and death, growth and decay, cycles, processes, beginnings, middles, ends, or evolution - as these things all require time.


AYRTS? IA?


What an almighty dick you truly are.


The faddist fetishisation of Time proves just how intellectually bankrupt and downright perverse science has become.

Pack of useless, ludicrous wankers.

V8 said:

Shiny New Kid said:

I'm a fan of the Everett-Deutsch interpretation, as are about 90% of physicists.

One of the uncomfortable consequences of this interpretation is that there is no such thing as time. Which surprisingly matches all the equations that had been previously worked out on how the universe works, which turned out to work equally well either forwards or backwards in time, meaning there's no need for causality after all and thus the absence of time is perfectly consistent with all the evidence

Then there's no such thing as the Second Law of Thermodynamics, dissipative structures, biology or chemistry, life and death, growth and decay, cycles, processes, beginnings, middles, ends, or evolution - as these things all require time.


AYRTS? IA?


What an almighty dick you truly are.


The faddist fetishisation of Time proves just how intellectually bankrupt and downright perverse science has become.

Pack of useless, ludicrous wankers.

Original_Lonely_Guy said:

Quantum mechanics is certainly imposing. But an inner voice tells me that it is not yet the real thing. The theory says a lot, but does not really bring us any closer to the secret of the "old one." I, at any rate, am convinced that He does not throw dice.

Chip said:

i thought this was a thread about the guy who made a helicopter out of his dead cat

. said:

Suskind says the universe is a projection from its "edge". I think that's the place where the speed of expansion equals the speed of light. He got the idea from studying black holes. His holographic principle has been pretty much accepted and is used regularly in physics.

. said:

Google 'Observer Effect'. You're welcome.