a recent post by john baez
discussed a recent talk by jeffrey bub
where jeff gave arguments against mechanism in science

this was surprising to me
as jeff has done research in bohmian mechanics over the years
and so i was curious as to the nature of his arguments
and asked jeff some questions

he gave me a forward copy of a preprint he is completing
and i was intrigued by his arguments
and immediately decided usenet was the best place to turn

all misrepresentations are my fault and likely on purpose

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i will not post any extended parts of the piece
as is proper
but i will try to give an outline of the idea

the paper is called "quantum probabilities as degrees of belief"

a recent paper by pitowski called "quantum mechanics as a theory of probability" is jeff's starting point

Most people think you have one father and one mother. Like quantum
mechanics and free trades it's a discrete event.

But I just heard another theory. A dog can be half Chihuahua and half
German Shephard yet still have both parents being a Chihuahua.

Doesn't that just blow a gaping hole in a lot of previous theories?

Bret Cahill

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