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Article #1310Quantum Cosmological Boundaries and Determinisim?
From: Jason Twamley
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 00:57
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 00:57
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Question: Assume the the while universe can be described by a quantum theory.ie. there exists a wave function for the universe. There have been a number of proposals for the quantum boundary conditions for this wavefunction at the begining of the universe. If one of these boundary conditions succeed in specifiying a unique wavefunction what does this say concerning the uncertainty in the evolution of the everyday classical world and free will? Frequently the wavefunction of the universe is called on to calculate the characteristics of large structures ie. inflation, density perturbations etc. However, in principle, how far can the information content of this wavefunction reach? Can it (is it suposed to?) describe the milk mixing in my tea? The standard probabalistic interpretation of QM is not clear here as we are attempting to describe the one universe by a single wavefunction and attempting to make predictions. Or is the Many-world description more appropriate? To put my question another way.. do the correlations contained in the quantum cosmological boundary conditions contain all the information necessary to describe the complete future of the `classical' world deterministically? Jason Twamley
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au!adelphi!jtwamley From: jtwamley@physics.adelaide.edu.au (Jason Twamley) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Quantum Cosmological Boundaries and Determinisim? Summary: Quantum cosmology and determinism Keywords: Quantum cosmology Message-ID: <jtwamley.711766649@adelphi> Date: 22 Jul 92 00:57:29 GMT Sender: news@ucs.adelaide.edu.au Lines: 19 Nntp-Posting-Host: adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au