tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post7583129344750691765..comments2024-03-28T17:13:01.117+10:00Comments on Condensed concepts: Polite physicists do not discuss this at dinner partiesRoss H. McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09950455939572097456noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-36366760380828356412010-02-23T15:01:38.822+10:002010-02-23T15:01:38.822+10:00This question brings to mind the old adage 'Th...This question brings to mind the old adage 'The map in not the territory'.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10414812841507920802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-4024988462209570652010-02-23T12:31:53.020+10:002010-02-23T12:31:53.020+10:00'I just think we need to have a more nuanced v...'I just think we need to have a more nuanced view of what "reality" is.' <br /><br />What does that mean?Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10768655514143252049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-20580429999265837662010-02-23T10:44:06.755+10:002010-02-23T10:44:06.755+10:00I don't like the view of decoherence given in ...I don't like the view of decoherence given in the Leggett article. He seems to be implying that decoherence is separate to QM, or somehow an interpretation. He also seems to be giving a greater significance to observation by a 'human agent' than the generic observation as an interaction with a macroscopic state / state with many modes.<br /><br />I also don't see any difference between (a) and (b). If no experiment can distinguish, what's the point? [Where as the difference between (b) and (c) implies some experimental difference.]Jackohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12518499712662997376noreply@blogger.com