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If this is successful it will be a great leap for Many-Worlds and perhaps even a precursor to time travel.

by josiahwarren 12y ago

nanofortnight 12y ago
Extrapolating a bit there?
- josiahwarren 12y ago
  Assuredly so. Why not? Journalism and Science are all about extrapolation, in part or whole. That's how you get good books, good inventions and good science.
jjoonathan 12y ago
No. The quantum mechanics that "supports" many-worlds (as in, many-worlds seems to be the simplest explanation for the observed effects) has been in the realm of "scientifically proven fact" for >70 years. D-wave will not add significantly to the pile of evidence that already exists. As for time travel, I can't possibly imagine how you think the two are related. Bell's Theorem was verified 50 years ago. D-wave will not add to the pile of evidence that already exists for quantum non-locality, it will not contribute to exploiting quantum non-locality for the purposes of time travel (if such a thing is even possible -- as we understand it, non-locality can't even be used to transmit information femtoseconds back in time), and it will not contribute to proving or disproving alternative theories for non-locality.
- josiahwarren 12y ago
  What I was suggesting is that this would empirically favor quantum decoherence over waveform collapse. The ability to subsequently control quantum decoherence allows for its patterns to be recorded and reproduced; i.e. an ability which would allow humans to eventually recreate entire quantum sections and perhaps eventually allow them to alter both the past, present and future states in-between the margins of quantum decoherence. I'm not suggesting non-locality; I'm suggesting non-realism from a universal standpoint and thus the ability to control 'reality' lies in the ability of human beings to control quantum decoherence and quantum mechanics. The ability to recreate a version of the past via quantum mechanics is, in effect, time travel. We aren't too far away from full control of decoherence: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/320/5876/638 http://www.sciencemag.org/content/320/5876/638
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If this is successful it will be a great leap for Many-Worlds and perhaps even a precursor to time travel.

nanofortnight 12y ago

Extrapolating a bit there?

josiahwarren 12y ago
Assuredly so. Why not? Journalism and Science are all about extrapolation, in part or whole. That's how you get good books, good inventions and good science.

jjoonathan 12y ago

No. The quantum mechanics that "supports" many-worlds (as in, many-worlds seems to be the simplest explanation for the observed effects) has been in the realm of "scientifically proven fact" for >70 years. D-wave will not add significantly to the pile of evidence that already exists. As for time travel, I can't possibly imagine how you think the two are related. Bell's Theorem was verified 50 years ago. D-wave will not add to the pile of evidence that already exists for quantum non-locality, it will not contribute to exploiting quantum non-locality for the purposes of time travel (if such a thing is even possible -- as we understand it, non-locality can't even be used to transmit information femtoseconds back in time), and it will not contribute to proving or disproving alternative theories for non-locality.

josiahwarren 12y ago
What I was suggesting is that this would empirically favor quantum decoherence over waveform collapse. The ability to subsequently control quantum decoherence allows for its patterns to be recorded and reproduced; i.e. an ability which would allow humans to eventually recreate entire quantum sections and perhaps eventually allow them to alter both the past, present and future states in-between the margins of quantum decoherence. I'm not suggesting non-locality; I'm suggesting non-realism from a universal standpoint and thus the ability to control 'reality' lies in the ability of human beings to control quantum decoherence and quantum mechanics. The ability to recreate a version of the past via quantum mechanics is, in effect, time travel. We aren't too far away from full control of decoherence: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/320/5876/638 http://www.sciencemag.org/content/320/5876/638

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