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> Granted, there's no local deterministic theory... but what's the value of determinism if the non-locality extends to the universe? This implies that "value"
by jamesrcole 10y ago
> Granted, there's no local deterministic theory... but what's the value of determinism if the non-locality extends to the universe?
This implies that "value" (some sort of utility to us) has some say in how the universe is.
It's basically saying the theory could not be correct because it has less value to us.
- rtpg 10y agoMy understanding is that the guiding function mechanism of PWT could describe just about physical mechanism, not just quantum effects. Since the pilot wave itself is what truly encodes the results, you can mess around with this "initial data" and get whatever you want (Granted, I haven't thought too much about this, so this could be easily falsifiable). If the objective is to describe some fundamental truth, isn't it odd that the description can be applied to everything? Maybe the universe is odd and meaningless, though the Copenhagen interpretation captures that feeling pretty well ;)
- jamesrcole 10y ago> If the objective is to describe some fundamental truth, isn't it odd that the description can be applied to everything? Whether something is odd or not is irrelevant to whether it is true. Quantum mechanics is a good example of this.