David Chalmers - Zeno goes to Copenhagen

FForum Moderator · May 10, 2024

Cognitive Scientist David Chalmers talks about a dilemma for Measurement- Collapse Views of Quantum Mechanics at the 6th International FQXi Conference

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RRobert McEachern · May 10, 2024

Zeno's Paradox is built into Quantum Theory, as the result of Quantum Theory being built using Calculus; via attempting to employ an actual zero interval between algorithmic steps (rather than an arbitrarily small interval), as in the computation of derivatives.