PIRSA:21060106 Conference Quantum Foundations

DOI10.48660/21060106

Conference/School: Quantizing Time

Adlam, E. (2021). God does not play dice (He plays sudoku). Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/21060106

Adlam, Emily. God does not play dice (He plays sudoku). Perimeter Institute, Jun. 17, 2021, https://pirsa.org/21060106 

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  doi = {10.48660/21060106},
  url = {https://pirsa.org/21060106},
  author = {Adlam, Emily},
  keywords = {Quantum Foundations},
  language = {en},
  title = {God does not play dice (He plays sudoku)},
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2021},
  month = {jun},
  note = {PIRSA:21060106 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
}

Abstract

I argue that modern physics gives us good reason to take seriously the possibility of laws which are non-local, global, or in some other way non-dynamical. I set out a general framework for lawhood which does not presuppose the standard kinematical/dynamical split, and I apply it to the problem of giving a generalized definition of determinism for the non-dynamical context. Finally I make some suggestions about how to draw conclusions about the global structure of the laws of nature from the local observations we are able to make.

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