On 7/6/2025 at 4:20 PM, StringJunky said:

Is part of the evidence for superposition that entangled particles are never found in similar states when their wavefunction is collapsed? Does it follow that If they weren't connected, we would expect to see some statistical frequency of similarity of states as well?

Superposition is a mathematical fiction, and does not actually exist. It is a probabilistic estimation to compensate for observer ignorance. Reality has been proven to be fully deterministic.

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56 minutes ago, AThinker1 said:

Reality has been proven to be fully deterministic.

Proven???

56 minutes ago, AThinker1 said:

Superposition is a mathematical fiction, and does not actually exist. It is a probabilistic estimation to compensate for observer ignorance.

How would you explain the quantum Zeno effect?

1 hour ago, KJW said:

Proven???

Yes. See https://scienceforums.net/topic/136676-dynamiting-quantum-mechanics-via-theorem-of-universal-determinism/

1 hour ago, KJW said:

How would you explain the quantum Zeno effect?

Sounds like measurements interfere with the state.

47 minutes ago, AThinker1 said:

2 hours ago, KJW said:

How would you explain the quantum Zeno effect?

Sounds like measurements interfere with the state.

But how?

I should point out that some years ago, I simulated the quantum Zeno effect on an Excel spreadsheet, so I know that this effect is not in any way magical, but is a consequence of the nature of quantum mechanical measurements.

Edited August 29Aug 29 by KJW

7 hours ago, AThinker1 said:

Yes. See https://scienceforums.net/topic/136676-dynamiting-quantum-mechanics-via-theorem-of-universal-determinism/

The moment of nuclear decay is not deterministic. Heisenberg is inherently probabilistic. Cosmological and biological evolution being a mix of probability and determinism. More simply, we can determine how two particles interact, as determined by their fixed properties, but we can't say when it will happen, due to the stochastic nature of collisions. Reality is a mix of both.

Edited August 29Aug 29 by StringJunky