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This title is not remotely true. In order for chaos theory to explain quantum uncertainty there would have to be hidden information that leads to the uncertaint
by greenthrow 4y ago
This title is not remotely true. In order for chaos theory to explain quantum uncertainty there would have to be hidden information that leads to the uncertainty which would be explained by chaos theory if we knew the hidden information.
The Nobel Prize in Physics was just given to three people who contributed to proving that hidden variables are pretty much ruled out. As uncomfortable as it is for some people, reality is inherently probabilistic on the smallest scales.
So no, this title is just wrong.
- nl 4y ago> The Nobel Prize in Physics was just given to three people who contributed to proving that hidden variables are pretty much ruled out. I assume you read the part in the article where he talked about that result and Bell's Theorem and the extra assumption in that theorem which is where he believes the loophole lies. To quote: > That is to say, Bell’s Theorem assumes counterfactual quantum measurements are necessarily consistent with the laws of physics. This is the assumption that physicists don’t like to think might be wrong. If these counterfactual worlds turn out to be inconsistent with the laws of physics, then our intuitive ideas about causality will also turn out to be wrong. > Chaos theory provides a simple way to understand situations where counterfactual worlds are indeed inconsistent with the laws of physics. It's an interesting idea and not one that can be dismissed as easily as you seem to think.
- greenthrow 4y agoI did and did not find that passage at all convincing or even completely coherent. Like I tried to gently indicate I think this article is very bad.