This strikes me as an odd thing to say, given the context. You raised what I presume is a criticism of the point I was making. I am trying to clarify the nature of the criticism, since I don't see the problem yet. If I am able to recognize the force of the criticism, then surely we would have have got somewhere in this conversation. If you realize that the criticism does not work, we would have got somewhere as well. So why do you think we are not getting anywhere? Your comment just leaves me confused.
I can interpret it in a few ways:
(1) "I think our disagreements are sufficiently fundamental that discussing this within the constraints of a blog combox is unlikely to be productive." It seems to me the particular disagreement at issue, though, isn't all that fundamental, and can be settled rather quickly once we are both clear on what is being disputed. If you think I am wrong about this meta-point, could you at least give an indication why?
(2) "I do not think you are engaging in good faith, so continuing this is a waste of my time." All I can do is assure you that I am in fact engaging in good faith. I am very interested in this stuff, and potentially learning more about it is far more valuable to me than "winning" some internet argument.
(3) "You do not possess knowledge sufficient to understand my point, and I do not have the patience to explain it to you." Given your complaint elsewhere about dilettantes promoting the MWI, I suspect this might be what you intend. I think your point about dilettantism is valid, especially on this site, but it does not apply to me. I have peer-reviewed publications on the foundations of quantum mechanics (not on MWI specifically, but still).
(4) "I realize that my argument doesn't work, but I don't want to admit it." This is a very uncharitable interpretation of your intent, and I mention it only for the sake of completeness. I doubt this is what is really going on.
(5) "I don't want to talk about this anymore because I'm bored/busy." If this is the case, please say so (or just don't respond with anything). I have no problem with people saying this to me, and I will of course refrain from engaging with you further on this.
Which of these is the right one? Or is it something else? I would really appreciate a more informative response from you, because if your actual intent is captured by (1), (2) or (3), it would be beneficial for me to know.
I have peer-reviewed publications on the foundations of quantum mechanics (not on MWI specifically, but still).
I would be interested to see them, provided they were in physics journals (except for the Foundations of Physics, which often publishes stuff that can only be very charitably described as physics), and not in philosophy journals (my opinion of those happens to coincide with that of Feynman).
As for the immediate reason, I pointed out a rather elementary problem with units, which you did not address. Given that we cannot even agree on how propagation rate is defined, I do not see how we can make further progress.
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