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This is a stronger argument than I had thought.

07.03.2026 03:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

yeah :)

07.03.2026 02:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

never happened to me befoe tbh

06.03.2026 23:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

its so cool to be enthused about one's work

06.03.2026 23:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i just invented the word "coprolalia" for 'talking shit'

06.03.2026 20:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I especially love how it makes all the higher homotopies abelian

06.03.2026 19:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i might be basic for this but i love Eckman-Hilton.

06.03.2026 19:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

what is 'can'?

06.03.2026 16:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

well, i didn't truly want to deny it. just to do something with the fact that, with certainty, there are people out there (futures of me, even) who seemingly falsify QM's predictions, even given its truth.

but yes.... it does seem the gleason theorem is very constraining...

06.03.2026 14:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Storm on Saturn

Storm on Saturn

Saturn-W00066629-Feb-25-RAW - From Ian Regan - https://flic.kr/p/9qzyuV

06.03.2026 09:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 44 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If we just supposed all observation sequences were realized, this could accommodate our experiences, but I would regard it as inadequate. Not necessary due to a belief that, on the theory, my own experiences were less likely than some other. Rather because there is no specificity.

06.03.2026 06:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Corn Rule aside, I am not necessarily trying to invent an alternate valuation that makes not-Born more likely than Born.

06.03.2026 06:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think its fine if its an emergent sort of inexact thing. I just want to know why I should follow it over the Corn Rule. (I think part of your argument is that I will be unable to formulate such a Corn Rule?)

06.03.2026 06:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Curiously, Corn-most of my future selves see results consistent with the Corn rule.

In the dutch book argument I am *certain* to lose money if I don't conform. If I understand certainty, I'll understand chance.

Here, nothing is certain. I might falsify Born. In fact, I am Corn-guaranteed to do so!

06.03.2026 06:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ok, suppose I agree that I live in a MWI universe. You are trying to convince me to use the Born rule. You say "Look, Rochelle, most* of your future selves will see results consistent with the Born rule!!"

Here, 'most' has to be understood as Born-most, i.e. most according to the Born rule.

06.03.2026 06:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I'm here to shut up and calculate. And I'm all out of calculate. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

06.03.2026 05:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No, I wasn't. I'm not familiar at all.

06.03.2026 05:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sure, its unlikely we are wrong about the Born rule---according to the Born rule.

06.03.2026 05:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think the loophole in Gleason that I was grasping for earlier is that I have to agree to the basic furniture of quantum theory: a lattice of projection operators on a hilbert space. The suckers in the tails might have made up all the wrong math.

But that could be us!

06.03.2026 05:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I still don't know what you do with the poor saps living in the tails who invented the wrong theory. If Born rule is 'true' then those suckers' experiments from here on are most likely to adhere to Born, i.e. falsify their poor theory.

But this could be us!

06.03.2026 05:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This isn't necessarily the case. GRW is a collapse theory in which, essentially, collapse could happen to anything at any time but the likelihood scales with size. 'Measurement' is then not a primitive, but anything you'd call a messurement quickly collapses due to your own size.

06.03.2026 05:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Although I can see how this in particular might get old.

06.03.2026 05:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't know about anyone else but I think there's nothing better than having drinks and debating something that doesn't impact my life in any way. (I just wish we could all get together to do it over drinks.)

06.03.2026 05:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i wonder if the anti-abortion protestors on campus are put up to it by panda express because when i see their imagery i get hungry for sweet and sour pork

06.03.2026 04:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Those of the marble are the Elect; those others are destined for utter destruction. (All to the glory of god, ofc.)

06.03.2026 02:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Those of the marble are the Elect; those others are destined for utter destruction. (All to the glory of god, ofc.)

06.03.2026 02:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am not allowed to reply until I finish this draft of my thesis

06.03.2026 02:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

With enough control you could recohere them, but in classical physics with enough control you can reverse someone's memories as well.

06.03.2026 01:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think the many-worlder would bite this bullet. That, if you truly remain somehow unentangled with the state of your friend, then you in short order have many many friends. You will reason that each one of them has experienced a definite measurement outcome.

06.03.2026 01:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But its compatible with our observations that we are not!

06.03.2026 01:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0