Quantum mechanics says that minds influence the world by just observing it. Could it be that mind, consciousness, belief are a fundamental part of the universal fabric?
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Replying to @jack_meditates @liminal_warmth
thats not how quantum physics works at all "observation" is a thing random atoms do, it is done whenever any two things interact it has to do with probability amplitudes and interference effects and nothing to do with consciousness
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Replying to @imhinesmi @liminal_warmth
By the wave functions all possible quantum branches manifest, but we only see one right now. Why is that and why is this the one we see?
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Replying to @jack_meditates @liminal_warmth
complicated math reasons i dont understand particularly well but theres also the many worlds interpretation: we do, in fact, see all outcomes, but not in the same branch of reality
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Replying to @imhinesmi @liminal_warmth
Right, and there’s branches of the many worlds in which I suddenly explode or water turns to wine or an elephant appears in my living room. Wouldn’t that be magical if it happened?
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Replying to @jack_meditates @liminal_warmth
those do not, in fact, happen, because they are physically impossible some highly-improbable events do happen, but dont expect to see anything below 10^-10 probability on a per-second basis to happen in your lifetime the events you listed are easily <10^-1000
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Any particular outcome is actually a measure 0 subset of a measure 1 set, making it equally improbable as anything else.
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Replying to @jack_meditates @liminal_warmth
we have ways of calculating the sum of infinitely many numbers of ~0 magnitude, its called calculus the sum of events where we dont spontaneously explode is ~1
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Replying to @imhinesmi @liminal_warmth
Yes, but the sum of events where you aren’t here right now doing exactly what you do is also 1. Does that make sense?
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that depends on when you start if you start from the rise of babylon, sure, yes, absolutely if you start from two days ago, no, wrong, there is a decent chance i would be arguing with someone on twitter
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Replying to @jack_meditates @liminal_warmth
hard disagree we live in a causal universe if your model is giving ~0 for *things that happen* then your model is wrong it was entirely foreseeable, given the start of this thread, that i would continue engaging in this argument (if asked, im sure i would have given >80%!)
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