Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id VAA26671 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 25 Jan 2002 21:58:42 GMT Message-ID: <001201c1a5f2$e4f1b900$2503aace@oemcomputer> From: "Philip Jonkers" <philipjonkers@prodigy.net> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> References: <3C51562C.31261.1A6416@localhost> Subject: Re: The Barren Desolate Wasteland of Superdeterminism Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 13:51:56 -0900 Organization: Prodigy Internet Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Philip:
> > Nature seems to
> > be intrinsically indeterministic at small enough scales. Einstein, being
one
> > of the last of the scholars of the classical school of physical
thought,
> > couldn't get used to that and a lot still can't, including you
apparantly.
Salice:
> Well yes, because i can't understand how you can PROVE that
> something happened indeterministic. In my eyes, when something
> appears indeterministic or random it's because we LACK
> something, measurement tools or knowledge!
Let me set something straight here. There is no branch of science that can
go out and prove the correctness of a theory. QM is no different: you can't
prove whether or not it corresponds exactly to how nature works. The only
field that can actually prove things is mathematics. Physics makes models of
the world, and only within the reach of that model can there be certainty as
to
which outcomes are possible and with what probability. If we are honest as
scientists we simply can't say with certainty how nature really works. All
we
can do is come up with plausible and possible scenarios and descriptions.
Experimental tests aimed to confirm a theory not rarely realizes the
opposite:
actual rejection of the thesis. All I am saying is that after 75 years of
surviving
such well-aimed life-attempts, it is getting more and more likely that QM
actually gives a correct description of nature in its smallest of being.
There have been many attempts to prove the incompleteness of QM. The most
well known candidates are called Hidden Variable theories which have
deterministic postulates. All have been refuted however.
Philip.
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