If you are not aware of the "Double Slit" experiment do yourselves a big favour and research it. It is the definitive experiment that shows the dual wave/particle nature of matter. Hence the naming of the TP Node "MatterWaves" It is the core principle behind the Schroedinger's Cat paradox. Quick recap. A Cat is in a box and a vile of poisonous gas in in there with him. A system is setup such that a particle can decay under the laws of quantum uncertainty ( think Heisenberg) and if the particle does one thing the poison gets released and the cat is dead, if it does another thing it does not release the poison. The cat is alive. Due to quantum effects the particle is not a particle until observed , it is a wave of probability and has the properties of not only both but all states. The poison has both been released and not released. The Cat is both dead and alive. ( Of course the same is true from the cats perspective, we are also in a state of quantum uncertainty outside of the box as far as the cat is concerned. We do not exist until the box is opened in the cats view. Of course everything is part of one gigantic system..the experiment and the experimenter are one.
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But I digress. My point ? My point is if I set a simulation running and walk away and shut my computer in a box the laws of quantum uncertainty must be in force inside my CPU and RAM. Since there is no conscious entity to collapse the wavefunction my computer itself exists as a probability wave. How is it that we do not see this in our results ? My simulation will give exactly the same results time and again even if I am not observing it yet all the electrons inside my CPU and RAM are acting as probability waves. Even if I had error correcting RAM it is still not sentient so should not be able to collapse the wavefunction.
Why do we not get quantum "errors" in our computer calculations ?
Somehow I suspect it has something to do with the chain concept..at what point in the chain of events does the universe consider an observation has occurred ? If a tree falls in the forest does the mouse hear it ? Is the mouse waveform collapsed into "reality" because the deer sees it ?
It should not be a question of many worlds as opposed to the Copenhagen interpretation. The maths predicts the outcome of my simulation. It cannot have varying results in multiple universes. But quantum uncertainty should produce errors in my RAM ? Is it that the maths hard coded into the software acts as a sentient observer to collapse the wavefunction of the electrons in the RAM and CPU. Should I roll another spliff ?