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Newsletter Nr. 792
Amsterdam, August 25th, 2019


BOHMIAN QUANTUM MECHANICS AND TRANSDARWINIAN EVOLUTION - JOE CORBETT

Quantum mechanics (QM) has something called the measurement problem. Briefly, the Schrodinger equation describes the state of a system, say a particle, in terms of probabilities spread-out infinitely into every point of space in a quantum field. This is called the wave function of the system, and when it interacts with the environment (specifically, the measuring apparatus of the scientist) the wave function appears to collapse into a single measured value. The problem arises when we ask what happened to all those other probable states of the system, since they too were all real states of the system before it collapsed (randomly, within an infinite set of probabilities) into a single state. And these other states must be as real as the one that collapsed, otherwise the Schrodinger equation and all of QM wouldn't work, which it clearly does as the most successful predictive theory, ever.

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TRUMP'S HATEFUL RHETORIC VS. VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES - ELLIOT BENJAMIN

I have previously conveyed my concerns about the relationship of real-world violence to violent video games [1]. Thus it was an interesting state of affairs for me when United States President Trump attributed the recent mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, and gun violence in general, largely to violent video games [2]. Trump also blamed gun violence on mental illness, which has not been substantiated in research [2], [3], but in this essay I am particularly concerned about the impact on hate crimes in the United States in regard to Trump's hateful rhetoric vs. violent video games.
To begin with, my concerns about the impact of violent video games on real-world violence is by no means something that has been clearly demonstrated by the research [1]. Yes I personally believe there is a bona fide and concerning relationship here, but it appears that the most that research can affirmatively say about this possible relationship is that it becomes apparent in the case of mental disturbance [1]. 

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