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Philosophical issues mean that the theory is wrong and new physics will come from their resolution, and thus philosophical issues can be decided experimentally.
by mjfl 8y ago
Philosophical issues mean that the theory is wrong and new physics will come from their resolution, and thus philosophical issues can be decided experimentally.
- whatshisface 8y agoWe may be using different definitions of the word philosophical. I'm classifying anything that can be decided experimentally as scientific. These interpretations are identical from an experimental standpoint.
- TheOtherHobbes 8y agoThat's a circular argument. It doesn't prove that experimental differences between interpretations are impossible. The existence of such a proof would provide a genuine scientific basis for not continuing to address the problem. Without that proof, the problem remains open.
- whatshisface 8y agoIt will surprise you to hear, just as it suprised me, that MWI and Copenhagen have been axiomatically identical from day one. I know what you are thinking, something like, "if the problem was closed we wouldn't be talking about it, so it must be open." Yeah, well... There is a list of axioms of quantum mechanics, Copenhagen and MWI disagree only on how you get to them. (And also on their conceptual interpretation). That's why they're called interpretations of quantum mechanics, not theories of quantum mechanics.