thomasbraniff Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Is the continuous collapse of the wave function, or decoherence in the environment the mechanism that creates our perception of time? Is this decoherence subject to time dilation and in direct proportion to the effects of acceleration and gravity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordred Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Why would the time ordered events of a wave-function collapse define our perception of time ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasbraniff Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 Is what we think of as time driven by the engine of decoherence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordred Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 no. It is only one example of how time affects a rate of change. One doesn't need to examine decoherence to see other examples of time. As a rate of change of events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 24 minutes ago, Mordred said: no. It is only one example of how time affects a rate of change. One doesn't need to examine decoherence to see other examples of time. As a rate of change of events. Specifically, classical examples, for which decoherence is not in play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasbraniff Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 The central idea here is that time is not a fundamental property but an emergent effect of quantum decoherence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 1 hour ago, thomasbraniff said: The central idea here is that time is not a fundamental property but an emergent effect of quantum decoherence. But if it's present in classical systems, what is decohering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordred Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 How would a waveform exist in the first place if you require decoherence for time to occur. This makes absolutely no sense, A waveform requires time just to allow change in the transverse and longitudinal components. If you have no waveform to decohere.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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