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Old 31-December-2008, 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by gzhpcu View Post
Robert, Correct me if I have misunderstood you. I have the impression that you are taking Einstein's position that QM is an incomplete theory, and he said "I am convinced God does not play dice" — meaning that he believed that physical theories must be deterministic to be complete. Bohm's hidden variable theory, as I understand it, postulates that QM is incomnplete and a deeper reality is hidden below QM. Why then do you feel we don't need hidden variables'
You will rapidly expose my amateur knowledge of these matters! I am interpreting the HUP just as a limit example of the observer effect, meaning that while causality must operate, the act of looking for it obliterates the trace. I will leave it to the physicists to discuss hidden variables as that is beyond my competence. Is it correct that this apparent limit to our perception creates a blockage regarding the integration of the four forces into a grand unified theory?
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