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In Hilbert space, all things are quantumly possible

60 points • by unprovable • today at 2:04 AM • 26 comments • view on HN

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djsjajah • today at 3:58 AM

Not all things are possible, only potentially possible ones. If you take all the numbers between zero and one, you will find an endless supply of distinct numbers but none of them are 3.

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rootedbox • today at 5:47 AM

Just a reminder.. Hilbert space is just a tool/abstraction/map... and the map is not the territory..

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dbvdh • today at 5:49 AM

It’s not ‘all’ things that are possible, just things that are allowed within the laws of physics :)

Subtle difference, but energy conservation for example has to be adhered to.

rozgo • today at 3:11 AM

"I would like to make a confession which may seem immoral: I do not believe absolutely in Hilbert space anymore." - John von Neumann

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ocschwar • today at 3:17 AM

"What is a Hilbert space?"

-- David Hilbert.

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inshard • today at 4:59 AM

Superdeterminism... quantum noise and the which way paths are all correlated.

thrill • today at 2:50 AM

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georgestones • today at 4:36 AM

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