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which in other words makes superdeterminism unfalsifiable, because any attempt to do so can be met with "it must have been that way"
by voxl 3y ago
which in other words makes superdeterminism unfalsifiable, because any attempt to do so can be met with "it must have been that way"
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- digging 3y agoAbsolutely. I find it an interesting thought experiment and nothing more unless and until we determine some way to actually see through the veil and identify these extra-universal hidden variables. (At which point our conception of the universe may expand to include these variables and whatever else exists in that outer layer.)
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- throwawaymaths 3y agoOf course every other QM interpretation is also unfalsifiable, e.g. Copenhagen (we have no definition of what constitutes an observation) or many-worlds (obviously unfalsifiable save for actually tunneling through into another universe and coming back to tell the tale)
- GoblinSlayer 3y ago>save for actually tunneling through into another universe and coming back to tell the tale That's verification, not falsification. Many worlds can be falsified by demonstrating that the Schrodinger equation is nonlinear, which dynamic collapse research program tries to do.
- Pet_Ant 3y agoDon't know why this was downvoted. Superdetermination is indeed unfalsifiable, because the "super" part means that there does not exist anything that has been not determined, including our thoughts, this comment and someone rolling their eyes reading this. Being unfalsifiable doesn't mean it's not true, just that it isn't a scientific theory.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoThat's why Sam Harris still uses his will to speak to various crowds that he has no will.