Re: Multiverse Morality

On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 12:10 AM, hibbsa <hibbsa-/[email protected]> wrote:

> **
>
> Gary - MWI is not defined with a set of equations that I know of...do you
> have a link?
>

Sorry, you asked for a link.  Here's a nice bit from the Wikipedia article
on the Schroedinger Wave Equation:

The Schrödinger equation provides a way to calculate the possible wave
functions of a system and how they dynamically change in time. However, the
Schrödinger equation does not directly say *what*, exactly, the wave
function is. Interpretations of quantum
mechanics<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretations_of_quantum_mechanics>
address
questions such as what the relation is between the wave function, the
underlying reality, and the results of experimental measurements.
An important aspect is the relationship between the Schrödinger equation and
 wavefunction collapse <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavefunction_collapse>.
In the oldest Copenhagen
interpretation<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_interpretation>,
particles follow the Schrödinger equation *except* during wavefunction
collapse, during which they behave entirely differently. The advent of quantum
decoherence theory <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_decoherence> allowed
alternative approaches (such as theEverett many-worlds
interpretation<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_many-worlds_interpretation>
 and consistent histories<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistent_histories>),
wherein the Schrödinger equation is *always* satisfied, and wavefunction
collapse should be explained as a consequence of the Schrödinger equation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger_equation

I also liked this quote from the same article:

“Where did we get that (equation) from? Nowhere. It is not possible to
derive it from anything you know. It came out of the mind of Schrödinger.”

—Richard Feynman[25]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger_equation#cite_note-25>

-- 
Gary


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