tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post3699642793133914036..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Bell and GHZ: spooky action at a distanceSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-73664542451874722642010-07-17T14:56:33.185-04:002010-07-17T14:56:33.185-04:00I enjoyed the article. I find it more than a bit ...I enjoyed the article. I find it more than a bit disturbing that most physicists aren't bothered enough by [standard] QM.<br /><br />With bell's theorem fairly convincingly challenged on mathematical grounds [1][2], I fail to understand why a clear thinking, creative physicist would still prefer "Spooky Interaction at a Distance" over "hidden variables". But then JTankersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-53307008315915724742008-03-10T01:55:00.000-04:002008-03-10T01:55:00.000-04:00I can't really express this notion well yet, but i...I can't really express this notion well yet, but increasingly I get the feeling that QM has at least metaphorical bearing on human interactions. In the sense that our behavior has a sort of deterministic "cross section" without being deterministic at an event-by-event level. Also, that direct expression of a point of view can influence someone to oppositional behavior by a sort of "exclusion" Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486234948199900568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-34579077706928973512008-03-05T11:22:00.000-05:002008-03-05T11:22:00.000-05:00It isn't weird. The literature is gradually reconc...It isn't weird. The literature is gradually reconciling classical and quantum ways of thinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-7649567156767812532008-03-04T14:11:00.000-05:002008-03-04T14:11:00.000-05:00"For a long time foundations of quantum mechanics ..."For a long time foundations of quantum mechanics was dismissed by physicists as a fringe activity, suitable only for fuzzy headed philosophers."<BR/><BR/>Speaking as someone who occasionally does research in this subject, I'd add that it still is dismissed in this way by the vast majority of physicists. Enlightened informationalists are still a minority in the greater scheme of things. Even Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-82229879347352042042008-03-02T05:01:00.000-05:002008-03-02T05:01:00.000-05:00No no no. You're conflating the unfamiliarity of a...No no no. You're conflating the unfamiliarity of an abstract mathematical description of natural phenomena with inherent weirdness. Quantum mechanics is no weirder than any other part of physics. Feynman failed to see that eventually people would be educated differently than he was, and that this education would include stuff he didn't have in school. Such a failure of imagination allows room forAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com