Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Philosophy Wire: Born rule. Will it hold? And if not, should we care? No! Unless you are a (modern) scientist!


Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-07-11]: Scientists discuss of the Born rule in quantum mechanics holds or not. Because if it does not, then a fundamental axiom of quantum mechanics will have fallen. [1] Modern science rediscovers the simple truth that axioms can change. We create rules and then we feel surprised to discover that they might not hold. Ask a child. It already knows the Born rule does not exist...

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