Jonathan Colvin

@cdeadheadc @Neuroscope_mp @Rainmaker1973 Bohmian mechanics contains *all* the worlds of manyworlds in the wave function. Hence its characterization as manyworlds in chronic denial

@ColvinJonathan @Neuroscope_mp @Rainmaker1973 What about Bohmian mechanics or TIQM?

Google’s new quantum chip is so powerful it might be tapping into parallel universes. Google's groundbreaking quantum processor, Willow, has achieved the seemingly impossible: solving an extraordinarily complex computational problem in under five minutes—a feat that would require the world's most advanced supercomputer approximately 10 septillion years to complete (10²⁵). This mind-boggling performance has revived one of the most provocative ideas in physics: could quantum computers like Willow be performing calculations across vast numbers of parallel universes? Hartmut Neven, founder and lead of Google Quantum AI, believes the answer may be yes. He argues that Willow’s results align strikingly with the many-worlds (or multiverse) interpretation of quantum mechanics, in which every quantum measurement causes reality to branch into multiple, equally real parallel universes. In this view, a quantum computer doesn’t just calculate faster within our universe—it effectively distributes the workload across countless parallel realities simultaneously. The idea traces back to physicist David Deutsch, who, as early as the 1980s, suggested that the exponential power of quantum computation could only be fully explained if the machine is exploiting resources from many coexisting worlds. Yet the interpretation remains deeply divisive. Many physicists and quantum computing experts insist that no multiverse is required. Willow’s breakthrough, they argue, is fully explainable through standard quantum mechanics—leveraging superposition (qubits existing in multiple states at once), entanglement, and the mathematics of high-dimensional Hilbert spaces—all within a single universe. So what has Willow truly demonstrated? It has pushed quantum technology into a regime so extreme that it compels us to re-examine the deepest foundations of reality itself. Whether or not Willow is quietly borrowing power from alternate universes, one thing is clear: practical, large-scale quantum computing is no longer science fiction—and it is forcing us to confront profound questions about the nature of the cosmos, computation, and existence.

@cdeadheadc @Neuroscope_mp @Rainmaker1973 If you can explain where or how a quantum computer is doing its calculation in Qbism or other psi-epistemic interpretations I'd love to hear it.

@ColvinJonathan @Neuroscope_mp @Rainmaker1973 Or Relational Quantum Mechanics (RQM), QBism (Quantum Bayesianism), and objective collapse theories (such Penrose's Objective Reduction).

@Neuroscope_mp @Rainmaker1973 Manyworlds *is* standard quantum mechanics. The standard formalism of quantum mechanics (the Schroedinger) describes many worlds. You need to introduce a non unitary process to avoid it.

The multiverse framing is a fun ride but worth noting that many-worlds and standard quantum mechanics make identical predictions, so Willow can't actually confirm parallel universes any more than it can rule them out. What's quietly more exciting is that Google used Willow to measure molecular geometry at an atomic level in ways traditional tools like NMR spectroscopy can't match, which is where this starts touching real drug discovery and materials science. The benchmark that broke the internet was impressive, but the part that might actually change your life is the chemistry happening just outside the headlines.

@Rainmaker1973 It's a straightforward scientific realism argument. If the Schroedinger wave function is "real" and evolves unitarily then manyworlds follows.

@RFupdates God *is* mathematics

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@MelanieLatest Have you tried not being so genocidey?

nypost.com/2026/03/16/opi… The United States’ ongoing war against Iran is causing American Jews’ already high levels of anxiety and dread to soar even further. They have good reason for such fears. We aren’t merely witnessing a rise in antisemitism, but a global madness that threatens the West as a whole. Not just the Jews, but all who are desperate to defend civilization against barbarism need to fight back. My new book proposes how to do so: “Fighting the Hate: A Handbook for Jews Under Siege” published by Wicked Son and available from Amazon.

@Kekius_Sage Because something is nothing, re-arranged

Why is there something, rather than nothing?

@Benthamsbulldog Makes little difference to the naturalism argument, we already know the bulk multiverse of the string landscape is VERY large. And *intelligent* life requires the universe be predictable/discoverable, so that's already baked in.

@Gccooke Canada is telling the USA to go take a hike. If that's Trump's plan, he's even more incompetent than we thought

Trump is running the most dangerous geopolitical blitz since Bretton Woods. And the endgame isn't a trade war. There's a theory circulating that Trump is running a far more ambitious play -- one designed to collapse BRICS, force China's hand, and lock in dollar dominance for decades. It's bold. It's speculative. And whether you buy it or not, the underlying moves are worth paying attention to: 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟭: 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘇𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗮 The U.S. moves on Venezuela's oil, lithium, gold, and rare-earth reserves. Not for regime change — for resource control. China has quietly relied on Venezuelan oil to sidestep sanctions for years. That lifeline gets cut first. 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟮: 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮 This one's less dramatic but arguably more important. Canada deepens its alignment with Washington — offering diplomatic support, intelligence sharing, and strategic basing access. It's not that Ottawa becomes a puppet. It's that North America starts operating as a single economic and security bloc in a way we haven't seen since WWII. That kind of continental unity sends a message that's hard to ignore. 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟯: 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻 With Venezuela compromised, China pivots to Iran for oil. Predictable. That's when the U.S. and Israel escalate — strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, command infrastructure, and oil facilities. China's backup energy source disappears. 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟰: 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮 Here's where the theory gets really interesting -- and really controversial. The argument is that a back-channel deal is already taking shape. Russia, increasingly squeezed and looking for off-ramps, begins redirecting energy exports toward Western markets. Out of self-interest, not friendship. In return, Moscow gets energy revenue guarantees and a pathway back to the global trading system. Canada, with its existing Arctic and energy ties, becomes the diplomatic bridge. The result is a North American–Russian energy alignment that removes China's last major source of leverage. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 BRICS loses its economic foundation. Beijing, cut off from reliable energy and geopolitical allies, is forced to negotiate on American terms, including purchasing U.S. debt at favorable rates. The dollar gets a controlled reset with gold as the backstop, and the global financial system re-centers around Washington. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 + 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 Energy price spikes and defense spending flood capital into risk assets. Bitcoin pushes past $200K. Then comes the executive orders: a Strategic U.S. Bitcoin Reserve, funded by seized assets and energy windfalls. But the piece most people are sleeping on is stablecoins. Every USD-pegged stablecoin moving across borders reinforces American financial infrastructure without a single new bank branch. The GENIUS Act laid the regulatory rails. A geopolitical shakeup of this scale would create a demand shock. Stablecoins don't just survive a reset like this. They become the rails it runs on. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: Resource control → energy dominance → geopolitical isolation of China → dollar reset + Bitcoin reserve + stablecoin expansion. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: Precision chaos → total energy dominance → China's surrender on U.S. terms → dollar reset + strategic Bitcoin reserve + stablecoin expansion. American financial supremacy 2.0. Whether you believe it or not, the pieces are already moving.

@rich_toronto Funny that it seems like 50% of my x feed is either Zionists or their supporters given that Jews make up .02% of the world. Why is that?

There’s been an explosion of open antisemitism in the world. Blatant Jew hatred has become normalized. Accepted. But something doesn’t make sense. There are about 8.1 billion people on earth. About 15.7 million of them are Jewish. About .02% About 1 Jew for every 516 non-Jews. Which means many of these Jew Haters have likely never met a Jew. And if they had, they probably weren’t even aware. So if their Jew-hatred is not from lived experiences, not from personal encounters, where’s it coming from? Education. Indoctrination. Friends. Family. Religious organizations. Main stream media. Social media. Propaganda. They hate us without even knowing us. They hate us without ever having met us. Ever having spent time with us. They hate us because they’re told to. Because they’re taught to. Because social media tells them to. Because their friends do. Their parents. Their teachers Their religious leaders. That’s the danger Jews face today. That’s the danger our people have faced for centuries. We survived then. We’ll survive now. #AmYisraelChai #NeverAgainIsNow

@Rosa_la With creeping fascism ascendent in both the USA and Israel, and Zionism being a nexus for it, its hard to disagree with this assessment.

Ok. Enough. This is apocalyptic, conspiratorial antisemitism. If you can’t see it, if you have friends who say this kind of thing, understand that it’s because it’s been normalised, not because it is normal. And let me be clear, it leads nowhere good.

@Kekius_Sage Ontic structuralism is likely required for an account of its ontic status. You can't measure subjectivity, only its correlates.

Understanding consciousness could be one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time.

@CultOfNoMeaning @Kekius_Sage It's philosophy not science. You can't measure subjectivity, only its correlates. Ontic structuralism is probably required for a full account of its ontic status.

@Kekius_Sage Calling it one of the greatest discoveries assumes there’s something profound to find. There isn’t. Consciousness is the brain’s self-deception so complete that even scientists treat the smoke as fire. If you get that, "You Are Not Alive" was written for you.

@Gematrist @Philip_Goff What term do you use for the *behavioral/psychological/expressive* aspects that differ between sexes and usually correlates to one or the other? Seems like gender is the correct term.

@Philip_Goff The gender debate is awful because anyone with average IQ should be able to tell the difference between "biological sex" and "the ways biological sex is presented in different cultures". "Gender" has been used for the former (it's an old sense), but academics use the latter.

Some philosophical claims that at least 60% of philosophers agree about: atheism (67%), gender is social construction (63%), moral realism (62%), conceivability of zombies (61%). Which ones did the majority get right?

@SisyphusRedemed @Philip_Goff Sex is genitals/chromosomes/gametes. Gender is behavior/performance/self identity. Clearly the latter is both constructed AND evopsych brain structure.

@Philip_Goff By the way the term is defined in academic discourse, gender just IS a social construction. Arguing against that is like arguing bachelors aren't unmarried men. Someone who disagrees either doesn't understand what the term means, or is arguing about semantics.

@Philip_Goff The gender question is a false dichotomy We aren't blank slates, but also we aren't 100% evo/gene programmed. Nature AND social construction.

@Philip_Goff @CosmicSkeptic Well consciousness isn't fundamental so its angels and pins. Qualia are structural elements of our internal worldmaps, values (defined as objective externals) are not. If consciousness was fundamental, Alex would be right with his functionalism.

Am I right that @CosmicSkeptic can't be both a qualia realist and a value anti-realist??? First interview on my new channel! Link below and in my bio

@etzikun @Leophilius Environmental decoherence of the WF gives you that real structure. Its all in the WF, not just an averaging out

@ColvinJonathan @Leophilius In all other usage of statistics there’s some real structure, I.e the individual measurements. It would be absurd to collect all of that data on people, just to reify it into a metaphysical entity like “the average person”. Clearly a useful fiction. But that’s what we do in QM.

Except for all the physicists who have done undergraduate and graduate level quantum mechanics. This is the most ridiculous and misunderstood quote from anyvody on quantum mechanics ever. And it's not true.

@davidhazony Well maybe don't live in a country that is always attacking Iran?

That’s so nice. I’ve been woken up multiple times in the middle of the night because of actual Iranian missiles targeting my children.

@PhilosophyOfPhy Everettians do.

Nobody understands quantum mechanics.