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> maybe somebody comes up with an experiment. Yes, it all turns on that. But the point is that coming up with an experiment would in and of itself falsify QM.
by lisper 4y ago
> maybe somebody comes up with an experiment.
Yes, it all turns on that. But the point is that coming up with an experiment would in and of itself falsify QM. To call that a major breakthrough would be quite the understatement, and so I predict with great confidence that it is not going to happen any time soon.
> it is a mistake to crudely divide quantum theory into its practical part and its interpretation
That's true, but I am not dividing it crudely. I am simply pointing out things that are logically implied by the mathematical structure of the theory, and one of those things is that quantum measurements bring new information into the world. If anyone figures out a way to access the source of that information, that information would no longer be new, and that would falsify the theory. That is, of course, possible. But again, I'll give long odds against.