On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 9:55 AM John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 26, 2023 at 5:35 PM Bruce Kellett <bhkellet...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >>> >>>> *and how do they instantiate the probabilities that we measure.* >>>> >>> >>> >> There is one observer for every quantum state Schrodinger's cat is >>> in. >>> >> >> *>That is exactly the problem. That would suggest that the two outcomes >> (dead or alive) are equally likely. But it can easily be arranged that one >> outcome is more probable than the other. MWI cannot account for unequal >> probabilities.* >> > > There are a googolplex number of Bruce Kelletts, all of which are in very > slightly different quantum states but they all observe that, although > Schrodinger's cat is in slightly different quantum states, the cat is alive > in all of them. And there are 3 googolplexes of Bruce Kelletts, all of > which are in very slightly different quantum states but they all observe > that, although Schrodinger's cat is in slightly different quantum states, > the cat is dead in all of them. Therefore if Bruce Kellett had no other > information than before he opened the box he would bet that there is only > one chance in four he would see an alive cat when the box was opened. > Nonsense. Where did the 3:1 ratio come from? I know the decay rate of the radioactive source. I can arrange to open the box when there is only a 10% chance that the atom has decayed. In that case I clearly have a 90% chance of seeing a live cat when I open the box. Similarly, I can arrange for any probability between zero and one of seeing a live cat. Whereas, if there is always a live cat branch and a dead cat branch, my probability of seeing a live cat is always 50%, contrary to the laws of radioactive decay. Bruce -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLQgX7dDF200sBwV29m%2B6x3c0ju5MXFE0oNOpnksqxnfbQ%40mail.gmail.com.
