So the old Copenhagen interpretation needs to be generalized, needs to be replaced by something that can be used for the whole universe, and can be used also in cases where there is plenty of individuality and history. Murray Gell-Mann casecopenhagengeneralize share on social
What I try to do in the book is to trace the chain of relationships running from elementary particles, fundamental building blocks of matter everywhere in the universe, such as quarks, all the way to complex entities, and in particular complex adaptive system like jaguars. Murray Gell-Mann adaptiveblockbook share on social
Now, what that means is that there is fundamental indeterminacy from quantum mechanics, but besides that there are other sources of effective indeterminacy. Murray Gell-Mann effectivefundamentalindeterminacy Change image and share on social
But when researchers at Bell Labs discovered that static tends to come from particular places in the sky, the whole field of radio astronomy opened up. Murray Gell-Mann astronomybelldiscover Change image and share on social
We are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work is a delightful game. Murray Gell-Mann curiositydelightfuldrive Change image and share on social
But I don't actually adopt the point of view that our subjective impression of free will, which is a kind of indeterminacy behavior, comes from quantum mechanical indeterminacy. Murray Gell-Mann adoptbehaviorfree Change image and share on social
If we look at the way the universe behaves, quantum mechanics gives us fundamental, unavoidable indeterminacy, so that alternative histories of the universe can be assigned probability. Murray Gell-Mann alternativeassignbehave Change image and share on social
Well, I don't like to get involved in these philosophical issues very much. Murray Gell-Mann involveissuephilosophical Change image and share on social
I think also of my colleagues in elementary particle theory in many lands, and feel that in some measure I am here as a representative of our small, informal, international fraternity. Murray Gell-Mann colleagueelementaryfeel Change image and share on social
Of course the word chaos is used in rather a vague sense by a lot of writers, but in physics it means a particular phenomenon, namely that in a nonlinear system the outcome is often indefinitely, arbitrarily sensitive to tiny changes in the initial condition. Murray Gell-Mann arbitrarilychaoscondition share on social
