Wave function collapse wouldn't be so much erroneous as an illusion;
[grin] I don't have time to respond to this adequately.
Furthermore, reasoning from a purely mathematical perspective is generally better, in this case. Our intuitions about reality are so shaped by the size ...
I'd agree if the math looked sensible at that level, but I don't think it ever can, because quantum strangeness is simply built in. I didn't know Hawking favored many worlds. Interesting. As for Einstein's unhappiness with quantum entanglement, I think he would look for any other solution before considering many-worlds. I will admit to being biased with my "silly" pronouncement because of my own theoretical musings, and concede that others without such bias could be more open to it. Regarding the "sound" I agree with you, so let me rephrase the question: If a tree falls in a forest when no one is around, did it really fall? This gets more to the point I was getting at - that of the perceived universe being different, or actually, to be more specific the only universe. If the tree in question fell, but for all eternity no one ever received any information about it, then it did not fall.
It's a pleasure to discuss such things with other intellectuals, although I hadn't planned on ramping up the brainwaves beyond the work I need to attend to today. Cheers. :)
[grin] I don't have time to respond to this adequately.
Furthermore, reasoning from a purely mathematical perspective is generally better, in this case. Our intuitions about reality are so shaped by the size ...
I'd agree if the math looked sensible at that level, but I don't think it ever can, because quantum strangeness is simply built in. I didn't know Hawking favored many worlds. Interesting. As for Einstein's unhappiness with quantum entanglement, I think he would look for any other solution before considering many-worlds. I will admit to being biased with my "silly" pronouncement because of my own theoretical musings, and concede that others without such bias could be more open to it. Regarding the "sound" I agree with you, so let me rephrase the question: If a tree falls in a forest when no one is around, did it really fall? This gets more to the point I was getting at - that of the perceived universe being different, or actually, to be more specific the only universe. If the tree in question fell, but for all eternity no one ever received any information about it, then it did not fall.
It's a pleasure to discuss such things with other intellectuals, although I hadn't planned on ramping up the brainwaves beyond the work I need to attend to today. Cheers. :)