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English term or phrase:

findings that shape and shift based on changes in probability

English answer:

results (from personal experience) that can adapt or vary/move in relation to changes in probability

Added to glossary by Yvonne Gallagher
Feb 14, 2019 19:42
5 yrs ago
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English term

findings that shape and shift based on changes in probability

English Science Physics quantum physics
Dear colleagues,
I find it difficult to understand the phrase “a set of findings that shape and shift based on changes in probability” in the following passage. In particular, how do you interpret “findings” in this context?
My sincere thanks for your valuable help!

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A quantum is a unit of experience that is the basis for interactions—and so from the quantum view, life and reality are a matter of unfolding interactions based on a wild but empirically established** set of findings that shape and shift based on changes in probability .**
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4 results (from personal experience) that can adapt or vary/move in relation to changes in probability
4 +1 evidence found / results ... that shape and shift based on changes in probability
4 decisions/conclusions/recommendations that change
3 inferences that shape and ...
Change log

Feb 19, 2019 21:12: Yvonne Gallagher Created KOG entry

Discussion

haribert (asker) Feb 15, 2019:
Hi, David and Sophie, thank you so much! you are right, it's a non-physicist's book, although it describes quite in detail a series of principles of quantum physics...
I was wondering: might "findings" in this case mean "effects"? "A set of effects that develop and vary based on probabilities, not certainties"...
By the way, David and Sophie maybe you can post your answers...
Thanks again
Sophie Cherel Feb 15, 2019:
Nice explanation, David. I agree:
The "set of findings" are a person's collection of experiences, since "empirically established" means established by experience, and the quantum unit in this context is a "unit of experience".
David Sirett Feb 15, 2019:
context... is what appears to be a self-help book by an MD on the brain, mind, meditation, etc., so this passage is part of a non-physicist's "explanation" of quantum physics applied to the mind's interactions with reality. The "findings" are presumably the responses the mind receives as it interacts with the world.

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results (from personal experience) that can adapt or vary/move in relation to changes in probability

I'm not an expert in quantum physics but here there is a helpful definition in lay terms "A quantum is a unit of experience that is the basis for interactions"

I think the best way to decode this sentence is to break it down.

"...from the quantum view, life and reality are a matter of unfolding interactions based on a set of ":

Findings= Empirical evidence
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical_evidence
"information received by means of the senses, particularly by observation and documentation of patterns and behavior through experimentation..."
=experience

shape (verb)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shape
5a : to make fit for (a particular use, purpose, etc.) : ADAPT...

b : to determine or direct the course or character of something ...

c : to modify (behavior) by rewarding changes that tend toward a desired response

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/shift

to move or change from one position or direction to another, especially slightly...​
C1 [ I ] (of an idea, opinion, etc.) to change:

based on changes in probability
depending on any changes in probability

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Glad to have helped
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you so much, Yvonne, for your help and your very useful explanation of the whole sentence! Many thanks also to all other contributors, especially MPGS!"
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evidence found / results ... that shape and shift based on changes in probability

evidence / results depend on probability
HTH
:-)

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Note added at 21 mins (2019-02-14 20:03:59 GMT)
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Good question, haribart!
Don't have an answer: for that u have 2 know quantum physics
My humble contribution is merely linguistic.
:-)
Note from asker:
Thank you so much, MPGS, for your help! May I ask how evidence and results relate to "shape"?
Hi, MPGS! Thank you for your contribution and for your patience, too! You've helped me a lot: probably, the results of an experiment acquire a different form and also vary depending on context and also on the influence of the observer... Thanks again!
Peer comment(s):
agree Pablo Cruz
1 day 15 hrs
Gracias Pablo. Buen finde :-)
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decisions/conclusions/recommendations that change

or are modified based on probabilities
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inferences that shape and ...

A set of inferences that shape and shift based on changes in probability
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