kenwharton.bsky.social
Physics professor at San Jose State. Quantum Foundations. Big fan of space and time, and also many things therein.
👤 Joined on 30 November 2024
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@kenwharton.bsky.social@joppewidstam.bsky.social The area I mentioned, where @kenwharton.bsky.social will be giving a talk on 22 November. It reminds me of that line from Schrödinger, about the difference between a blurry or out of focus image and a sharp photograph of clouds 🙂
Show PostNo, I'm confused about something else. Sacrificing measurement independence is a huge bullet to bite, which people typically only do because they really really don't want to sacrifice realism and locality. So then it's weird to sacrifice locality anyway!
Show Postidk if as a quantum information theorist you're into the interpretation side of QM but what's fascinating to me is that she's simultaneously going biting the bullet on superdeterminism AND on non-locality, which is weirdly superfluous bsky.app/profile/timh...
Show Postty, I understand what you are saying but "no such thing" seems maybe too strong? SEP: "this minimal interpretation leaves the question open whether it makes sense to attribute precise values of position and momentum to an individual system." plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-u...
Show Postgoing home for winter break freshman year of college and ruining Christmas dinner by telling your grandparents you no longer believe in the real numbers
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