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The Theory of Everything public lecture:

POSTULATES OF QUANTUMMECHANICS

VITALY VANCHURIN, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, DULUTH,HTTP://D.UMN.EDU/COSMOLOGY

March 31, 2017

STATE SPACE POSTULATE EVOLUTION POSTULATE MEASUREMENT POSTULATE QUESTIONS TO GO

QUESTIONS TO GO

1. Simple question: What is probability for you to walkthrough the wall, i.e. measure yourself on the other side?(a) 50/50 (b) less than 1/101028 (c) exactly zero

2. Difficult question: What could be an acceptable solutionto the mind-body problem?(a) Monism: Everything is describable by physics and so thereshould be no difference how one describes body and mind.(b) Dualism: Everything is describable by computers and sothere might be an important difference between body and mind.

3. Very difficult question: Are there systems which can notbe be described by quantum mechanics?(a) If yes: Can we prove that certain systems are not quantum?(b) If no: Should we conclude that there is no free will?

4. Very very difficult question: Can we construct a testablemodel of consciousness using quantum/classicalphysics/computers?

STATE SPACE POSTULATE EVOLUTION POSTULATE MEASUREMENT POSTULATE QUESTIONS TO GO

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

1) Try to learn as much as you can about binarynumbers and classical computers.

2) Make sure you understand the joke:

“ There are 10 types of people in this world, thosewho understand binary and those who don’t.”