量子思想实验可以定义自然
Quantum Thought Experiments Can Define Nature
摘要:
人们不会认为思想实验会对自然产生影响,因为它们是一种卑微的人类装置。然而,量子力学非常自然地构成了思想实验(与精确定义存在的东西不同)。它们体现了辐射的告知力。虽然这些图形是基于具有时间对称性的波函数,但它们本质上不可避免地反映了不可逆行为。本文简述了约翰·冯·诺依曼的测量理论如何适用于此,并重述了N。David Mermin的棒球故事
英文摘要:
One would not think that thought experiments could matter to nature, for they are a humble human device. Yet quantum mechanics very naturally frames thought experiments (as distinct from precisely defining what exists). They exemplify the informing powers of radiation. Though based on wave functions that have time symmetry, these tableaux inevitably tell of irreversible behavior by nature. The paper sketches how John von Neumann's measurement theory fits into this and retells N. David Mermin's baseball story.
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