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"The quantum wave wants to collapse into one of two states. The spin will either be up or down." Quantum mechanics is unpredictable as it gets :)
by IgorPartola 12y ago
"The quantum wave wants to collapse into one of two states. The spin will either be up or down." Quantum mechanics is unpredictable as it gets :)
- andrewflnr 12y agoNot in a way that helps your argument. The result may not be determined but the collapse itself, which is what your quote said the wave "wants", is pretty much guaranteed.
- IgorPartola 12y agoYou are right. I suppose a more complex system might be a better example where there are several competing forces. "X wants to go to state A, but Y wants X to go to state B" with some relative probabilities of each. Then again, I just don't buy the argument that our big problem here is that the language here is somehow misleading the general public, and that's really my main point. If we accept that we can't say things like these, we then should also stop using terms like "greedy algorithm" because they sound so sinister.