PSI Blog 20170719 Quantum Mechanics Crashes into Infinity
Another good one from George Coyne:
“Here is an article by Steven Weinberg from Jan 19, 2016
Chapter 1 The Trouble with
Quantum Mechanics
Here is an excerpt:
"The trouble is that in quantum mechanics the way that wave
functions change with time is governed by an equation, the Schrödinger
equation, that does not involve probabilities. It is just as
deterministic as Newton’s equations of motion and gravitation. That is, given
the wave function at any moment, the Schrödinger equation will tell you
precisely what the wave function will be at any future time. There is not even
the possibility of chaos, the extreme sensitivity to initial conditions that is
possible in Newtonian mechanics. So if we regard the whole process of measurement
as being governed by the equations of quantum mechanics, and these equations
are perfectly deterministic, how do probabilities get into quantum
mechanics?"”
[GB: Thanks George for the nice illustration of the regressive quandary
that mathematicians get into when infinity raises its
ever-present head. Remember that neomechanics is simply the addition of our
assumption of infinity (The universe is infinite, both in the
microcosmic and macrocosmic directions) to classical mechanics. This is
consupponible with our revised assumptions of causality (All
effects have an infinite number of material causes) and uncertainty
(It is impossible to know everything about anything, but it is possible to know
more about anything).
The upshot
is that any measurement anyone could make always has a plus or minus. Only an
infinitely long equation could make perfect predictions, which, of course, will
never happen. As quantum mechanists have found out, the infinite
subdividability of the universe pertains to even the smallest of microcosms.
The Infinite Universe always provides yet another collision from yet another
microcosm that contributes to the variability that we are forced to present as
the margin of error. Infinite subdividability makes it impossible to have “equations [that] are perfectly deterministic.”
In the Infinite Universe, there always are still smaller microcosms whose
motions we cannot determine precisely. That is how “probabilities get into
quantum mechanics.”]
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4 comments:
A friend said there was a Progressive Science Institute conference in Berkeley now. Please advise.
No, but that sounds like a good idea--just as long as we stay away from UC Berkeley, which is a hotbed of regressive physics and cosmogony.
Actually, QM depends on measurement and that is limited because of micro effects, initiated by the probing particle. As everyone knows this particle is actually made up of wave forms and therefore no exact measurement is made at that level. Schrodinger's equation is the best we can do; that is, to take known quantities and then interact them and measure the output. That works because starting with finite objects can lead to finite results. All determined by the starting with a known quantity.
If you start with finite quantities you can end with finite quantities.
The real fundamental changes are hidden from us and cannot be measured as you point out.
False. Microcosms do not consist of "waveforms" as mistakenly believed by those who believe in quantum mechanics. All measurements have plus/minus variations because the universe is infinitely divisible. QM is plagued by aether denial and thus is invalid as presently constructed.
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