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The Free Will Theorem — HN submission

Mon, 05 Jun 2023 03:22:14 GMT

The Free Will Theorem (2006)

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The Free Will Theorem — mentioned by hackandthink

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 10:55:52 GMT

I like the essence of Quantum Strangeness here: "To be more precise, what we shall show is that the particles’ response∗ to a certain type of experiment is not determined by the entire previous history of that part of the universe accessible to them." John Conway, Simon Kochen: Free Will Theorem https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0604079

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The Free Will Theorem — mentioned by gbjw

Sun, 12 Apr 2020 03:13:22 GMT

The Free Will Theorem paper is available here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/0604079v1.pdf. Most of it seems quite readable.

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The Free Will Theorem — mentioned by gbjw

Sun, 12 Apr 2020 02:27:19 GMT

Note that Conway's Free Will Theorem [see 1, Sections 10.1, 11.2] holds whether or not the laws of nature are inherently stochastic. [1] https://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/0604079v1.pdf

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The Free Will Theorem — mentioned by mathgenius

Sat, 11 Apr 2020 20:59:02 GMT

He visited Australia several times in the 90's and I remember seeing him talk about wallpaper groups back then. One time he was explaining orbifolds [1] by folding up a piece of paper, and he somehow made a cone shape, and it somehow ended up on his head, and then he proceeded to march around like a crazy guy. It was hilarious. In 2008 I was living in New York city and Conway gave a series of lectures at Princeton on quantum physics and the "free will" theorem [2]. I was able to take the train down to Princeton to see a couple of them, and it was awesome. He was a bit shaky at first because…

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The Free Will Theorem — mentioned by panic

Wed, 15 Aug 2018 20:12:34 GMT

I wonder what Schrödinger would have thought of the Free Will Theorem: https://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/0604079.pdf

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The Free Will Theorem — mentioned by pygy_

Thu, 01 Jun 2017 16:29:29 GMT

John Conway and Simon Kochen would like to have a word with you: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0604079

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