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Right, the point is that we don't need a solution to the 'measurement problem' to have a quantum computer.
by 11101010001100 2y ago
Right, the point is that we don't need a solution to the 'measurement problem' to have a quantum computer.
- lisper 2y agoWell, yeah, obviously. But my point is that you do need a solution to the measurement problem in order to model measurements in any way other than simply punting and introducing randomness as a postulate.
- 11101010001100 2y agoAnd is that solution required to be deterministic? If so, that is another postulate.
- lisper 2y agoYou have to either postulate randomness or describe how it arises from determinism. I don't see any other logical possibility. BTW, see this: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9906015 https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9906015 for a valiant effort to extract randomness from determinism, and this: https://blog.rongarret.info/2019/07/the-trouble-with-many-worlds.html https://blog.rongarret.info/2019/07/the-trouble-with-many-wo... for my critique.