Welcome! Here you will find information about the latest, relativistic version of the transactional interpretation of quantum mechanics, 'RTI', blog posts, and an opportunity for informal discussion. The transactional interpretation (TI) is a new way of understanding what's behind the formalism of quantum physics. My new book for the general reader, Understanding Our Unseen Reality: … Continue reading Welcome!
My guest post on George Musser’s Sci Am Blog
What is the quantum/classical divide?
A talk given at the University of Buenos Aires in June 2017 on the difference between classical systems and quantum ones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvXYmB2qj88&feature=youtu.be (Note: Some of the slides were missing text here and there due to a compatibility issue; the correct version is provided here: Baires 2017 slides)
Is There Really “Retrocausation” in Time-Symmetric Approaches to Quantum Mechanics?
This is a preprint version of this paper: AIP Conference Proceedings 1841, 020002 (2017) R. E. Kastner Abstract. Time-symmetric interpretations of quantum theory are often presented as featuring "retrocausal" effects in addition to the usual forward notion of causation. This paper examines the ontological implications of certain time- symmetric theories, and finds that no dynamical notion … Continue reading Is There Really “Retrocausation” in Time-Symmetric Approaches to Quantum Mechanics?
Paper with John Cramer on Absorption in TI
I recently co-authored a paper with TI originator John G. Cramer, which refutes claims that absorption is not well-defined in TI. The paper can be found here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.04501
“Taking Heisenberg’s Potentia Seriously” Featured on Science News Blog
Tom Siegfried, Editor-at-Large and Blogger for Science News, on my recent paper with Stuart Kauffman and Michael Epperson: https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/context/quantum-mysteries-dissolve-if-possibilities-are-realities
On the Status of the Measurement Problem: Recalling the Relativistic Transactional Interpretation
In a nutshell, the measurement problem (MP) is this: given an interaction among quantum systems (such as an unstable atom, atoms comprising a Geiger Counter, atoms comprising a vial of gas, a cat, a friend of Wigner, etc.), which of those interactions constitutes ‘measurement,’ and why? During the past several decades, worries about the MP … Continue reading On the Status of the Measurement Problem: Recalling the Relativistic Transactional Interpretation
Adam Alonzi’s Review of PTI
http://radicalsciencenews.org/possibilist-transactional-interpetation-quantum-mechanics/#comment-6622 Regarding the Maudlin experiment, this is now nullified by the relativistic developments in PTI: https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.04609
Life Creates Disequilibrium–But How?
As living creatures on this planet, we go through our daily lives dealing with the unexpected (whether welcome or unwelcome), the surprising, the awkward, the astonishing, the frustrating. Even if we are able to 'go on a vacation' to try to escape from all the chaos, we never really leave it behind. (Is there ever … Continue reading Life Creates Disequilibrium–But How?
