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Re:Gravity is unlikely to be the cause of quantum collapse, ... by Gene_Parmesan on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @03:37AM (#24406057)
QM-as-RNG for a simulated universe has been one of my favorite "for fun" pet theories over the years. Finding whether the electron went through slit A or slit B during the double-slit interference tests just feels a bit too much like running a Monte Carlo sim to me. I know it's just my human brain really trying to find an explanation that makes rational sense but it's a fun thought experiment.

I mean, quantum fluctuations during inflationary expansion are (in my understanding) what's responsible for the tiny differences in mass distribution that led to the eventual formation of gas clouds/stars/galaxies. The negative gravity during expansion worked to keep the matter in an extremely low-entropy (highly ordered) state, but those unfathomably small quantum fluctuations were blown up by the same unfathomably massive proportions as everything else.

Universe needed that RNG.

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