> ALAN:
> Question...is this an open discussion...???....been following this and
> would like to join in if possible?
>
> Yes.
>
> "GLENN:
> > The CI (Copenhagen Interpretation) is philosophy, not science. The
> > science of quantum mechanics ends with the calculations of the
> > Schrodinger equation and the extent to which these calculations agree
> > with observation. "
>
> ALAN:
> ...keep in mind that QM is " the most successful
> scientific theory of the 20th century" ...100 years to date since Max
> Plank coined the term...
> Transistors....lasers...superconductors
> ....gene-splicing...nuclear weapons.......even the packet-switching of
> digital information
> transmission is a direct result of quantum mechanics.
> How long does a tree have to bear fruit before it is a tree and not a
> philosophy?)
>
> You are absolutely correct about QM but I was not talking about QM. I was
> talking about the Copenhagen Interpretation of QM. None of the inventions
> you speak of require the CI.
> Glenn
ALAN
Maybe I misunderstood ...the sentence below is what I was reacting to....
"The science of quantum mechanics ends with the calculations of the
Schrodinger equation and the extent to which these calculations agree
with observation. "
The discussion seemed to hover around the connection/disconnection of mind
and matter...
....or the "Cartesian Split" as it were.....as well as the notion
of consciousness/awareness. It would be necessary to consider QM...
if one was really going to discuss this relationship..(mind/matter)... as
the growing body of
evidence supporting holism contained in QM is extremely important...and to
leave it out or downplay would be a mistake...
but I will agree that CI is just that...an interpretation of general
QM...there are many....
I tend to lean towards the "Many Worlds Interpretation"...but that's just me
at this point
in the investigation...but I would have to check to make sure that CI did
NOT play
some direct indirect role in the inventions I mentioned....
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