williams@kirk.DEC (John Williams 223-3402) (05/22/85)
An explanation of the possibility of continuous QM
What I have been driving towards for quite a while has been
the concept that QM and a continuous universe may not be mutually
exclusive. Much debate has ensued over " freewill ", and how QM
basically would assure a random element to the universe, but, QM
may not be as random as we interpret it.
The uncertainty principle states that you may know an
object's position, or momentum, but not both at the same time.
In the previous articles I have tried to explain a mechanism that
would manifest itself in reality as an oscillation between matter
and energy relative to an inertial frame.
This would mean that a particle would go through phases of
matter and energy in movement relative to any inertial frame, and
that it would for periods appear to stand still, convert to
energy, and then reappear as matter at some other displaced
location.
It was hoped that the reader would interpret all of this as
to mean that probability and randomness are the mathematics of
perception, and not necessarily that of reality. The important
distinction is that we are attempting to describe behavior, and
not necessarily to define it.
The simplicity of the continuous function is alluring. The
possibility that we exist within a continuous function implies
several things:
1. That such a function exists.
2. There is one decision mechanism.
3. That reality is probable.
4. That causality and randomness are analytical devices.
5. There is no divine intervention.
In short, how *DOES* it feel to live in a continuous
function? Our destiny may be set, but it is still unknown.
BTW, the only way to analyze segments of a continuous
function that has features throughout scale is with probability.
John Williams
< It's a fair cop, but society is to blame >schwadro@aecom.UUCP (David Schwadron) (05/24/85)
> An explanation of the possibility of continuous QM > John Williams Isn't this a conflict in terms? "continuous Quantum" is oxymoronic. Quanta are discrete units. You can not have discrete units continuous. Apparently not. The idea that quantum uncertainty is perceived, and not "real" is accepted among many scientists. But that does not mean that the quantum aspects can be reconciled. michab ...aecom!berger -- Robert Berlinger ...{philabs,cucard,pegasus,ihnp4,rocky2}!aecom!naftoli