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Asklepian

Jun 15 19:45

are these clear enough to post?

Asklepian

Jun 15 19:45

ok, I've made an attempt to clean up my questions using ChatGPT:

1.) Can you elaborate on how decoherence functions as the process by which an initially indeterminate quantum system becomes effectively determined through interactions with its environment? Specifically, how does this process encode information about the system's state into the environment, thus creating a unique local historical record of these interactions? Additionally, what are the quantitative measures, such as von Neumann entropy or entanglement entropy, that can be used to describe this transition from a quantum super…

Asklepian

Jun 15 17:23

because I don't really have the option to go back to school and learn an entire physics curriculum

Asklepian

Jun 15 17:22

I'm just looking for a physics community that can teach me where I'm at

Asklepian

Jun 15 17:22

so, I just need a place where I can discuss the concepts and be introduced to the math as appropriate

Asklepian

Jun 15 17:22

I've been trained in the sciences and I have years of informal reading on higher level physics

Asklepian

Jun 15 17:21

I might not have a full, graduate student understanding of entanglement and superposition and relativity but I certainly have a more accurate understanding than most laypeople

Asklepian

Jun 15 17:20

...and without going back to linear algebra and higher level calculus and THEN formally approaching higher level physics, I don't have any way to engage with these topics at my level of interest EXCEPT by thorough discussion at whatever my level of understanding is

Asklepian

Jun 15 17:19

that has just never happened for me

Asklepian

Jun 15 17:19

I guess some people are naturally wired so quantitatively that understanding the math leads to an understanding of the concept

Asklepian

Jun 15 17:17

I guess, for the (algebraic) physics that I have studied formally, as well as all the other mathematical representations I've learned that model reality in some way (medical numeracy, i.e. Absolute Risk Reduction, Number Needed to Treat, and other statistical measures) I've never encountered a situation in which understanding the math led to an understanding of a concept. Rather, by accurately understanding the concept, the math always just 'falls out' naturally and logically.

Asklepian

Jun 15 14:24

I went to medical school and did chemistry and even algebraic physics. so, I'm familiar with textbooks... but physics is largely conceptual. F=ma is, ultimately, about the underlying concept

Asklepian

Jun 15 14:23

I'm not trying to shortcut; I'm trying to figure out where my understanding currently is after years of informal reading

Asklepian

Jun 15 14:21

and, I believe you need a solid understanding of linear algebra to attempt a quantitative understanding of QM

Asklepian

Jun 15 14:21

I wouldn't mind being introduced to these concepts through discussion but my attempts at that here have been prohibitive

Asklepian

Jun 15 14:18

where should I go for that?

Asklepian

Jun 15 14:18

I need to discuss things

Asklepian

Jun 15 14:18

I can't ask a textbook questions

Asklepian

Jun 15 14:17

I have never learned from a textbook but through conversation

Asklepian

Jun 15 14:16

...which is why it's so important to me to be able to have these discussions and learn from them

Asklepian

Jun 15 14:14

in an ideal world, I would go back to college and do a physics degree but, for now, this is all that's available to me

Asklepian

Jun 15 14:10

from my reading, wave function collapse is simply an entanglement event. particles with which a system has little entanglement will appear as wavelike probabilities, whereas highly entangled systems will appear more classical and defined.

Asklepian

Jun 15 14:08

ok, let's explore that... maybe that's how I should rephrase my question

Asklepian

Jun 15 14:02

then let's start smaller. when two particles interact, this results in an 'observation', where certain properties of each particle become defined relative to one another. have I misunderstood anything?

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:50

@RyderRude I have studied QM and GR from a conceptual standpoint for several years but haven't had the time or opportunity to go back and learn the math

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:49

I have a deep interest in these topics, however, and was hoping to engage this community to learn more

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:48

naturally, I do not know what is commonplace or not

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:48

@ACuriousMind I'm a physician by training but very interested in physics. However, while I've been trained extensively in the sciences, I have not studied graduate or research level physics except informally

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:44

@RyderRude these arise (as far as I can tell) as a consequence of the paper, which basically claims a decoherent arrow of time, where entanglement in the early universe was low and grew over time

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:42

let's just start there

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:42

since light cones are prohibited from interaction with anything external, light cones form distinct, closed entanglement networks

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:41

@RyderRude @Obliv all interaction results in entanglement, however miniscule. thus, the sequence of interactions of all particles in a system forms an entanglement network defined by a single, unique history

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:36

I will attempt to explain myself

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:35

do you see how little room there is for beginners in this community?

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:34

this site won't let me

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:34

I literally can't have the discussion

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:34

I don't know how to edit them because I don't know what makes them bad in the first place

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:33

I really just feel like everything I do becomes instantly hemmed in

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:32

and after what ACM said, I don't really want to respond to it here

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:32

I would love to work on the question to make it better or more acceptable but I'm banned

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:29

What do I do to fix this?

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:27

@RyderRude which of your questions should I respond to first?

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:26

I don't know why I can't ask simple questions and have a discussion

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:26

I don't know how to fix this

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:25

I don't know why I'm banned

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:25

I honestly don't know what I should do

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:25

@RyderRude @ACuriousMind has indicated that I cannot respond to this

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:24

@RyderRude honestly, I don't know how to reply because of @ACuriousMind

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:22

@ACuriousMind how are you so perfectly focused on prohibiting me from engaging in any sort of discussion on this website?

Asklepian

Jun 15 13:21

what I'm saying is that a light cone must form a closed entanglement network

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