[SEQ RERUN] Spooky Action at a Distance

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Today's post, Spooky Action at a Distance: The No-Communication Theorem was originally published on 05 May 2008. A summary (taken from the LW wiki):

As Einstein argued long ago, the quantum physics of his era - that is, the single-global-world interpretation of quantum physics, in which experiments have single unique random results - violates Special Relativity; it imposes a preferred space of simultaneity and requires a mysterious influence to be transmitted faster than light; which mysterious influence can never be used to transmit any useful information. Getting rid of the single global world dispels this mystery and puts everything back to normal again.

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Today's post, Spooky Action at a Distance: The No-Communication Theorem was originally published on 05 May 2008. A summary (taken from the LW wiki):

As Einstein argued long ago, the quantum physics of his era - that is, the single-global-world interpretation of quantum physics, in which experiments have single unique random results - violates Special Relativity; it imposes a preferred space of simultaneity and requires a mysterious influence to be transmitted faster than light; which mysterious influence can never be used to transmit any useful information. Getting rid of the single global world dispels this mystery and puts everything back to normal again.

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.

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).

Fair enough. I will admit that the only physics journal in which I am published is in fact Foundations of Physics. You may not see this as a worthwhile venue for publication, but I hope that it will at least absolve me of the charge of dilletantism. I'd also point ou... (read more)

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