cosmophany

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by cosmophany 4y ago
In response to those commentators puzzling over the evidential status of computer simulations, you should know that this is currently an open question being debated in the field of Epistemology of Measurement, which aims to give a rigorous
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by cosmophany 5y ago
The common cormorant (or shag) lays eggs inside a paper bag [1]. [1] The reason, you will see no doubt, is to keep the lightning out [2]. [2] But what these unobservant birds have failed to notice is that herds of wandering bears may come w
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Candela(nist.gov)
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The Tiredness Virus(thenation.com)
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Obliterating Thingness(link.springer.com)
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by cosmophany 5y ago
Not obvious from the title, but in this article Greenwald takes the opportunity to air some of the dirty laundry about why he left the Intercept. Worth reading.
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Beautiful Angles with Beautiful Cosines(mateusaraujo.info)
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by cosmophany 5y ago
A reference is points 17 and 18 in [ https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.13401 ] Long story short, QBism inherits "agent" from Bayesian decision theory. In that context, we talk about gamblers making bets on the outcome
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by cosmophany 5y ago
(physicist here). I think monktastic1 mostly nailed it, I just want to add some further clarifications. Take the electron double-slit experiment. Suppose no human checks which slit the electron goes through, but the "which-path" i
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by cosmophany 5y ago
(pro QBist physicist here). Just some clarifications on the interesting points you raise. 1. In practice, experimental physicists can and do disagree all the time about what their apparatuses are doing, what the results mean, and so on -- a
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by cosmophany 5y ago
Here's a paper pointing out the major differences between Rovelli's relational quantum mechanics (RQM) and QBism: https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.13977
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Quantum mechanics and our part in creating reality(iai.tv)
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