Here below a point made by Asher Peres. ----------
One can even think of an experiment exhibiting the interference pattern between the cat alive and the cat dead. If such an experiment could indeed be performed, then the phase θ in the state ψ = 2-1/2[ |live> + exp(iθ)|dead>] would be meaningful. One could then resuscitate dead cats in the following way: Take an ensemble of dead cats and measure on each one of them the projection operator on state ψ. In 50% of the cases, the state of the cat will become ψ. Now measure whether the resulting cat in state ψ is alive or dead. In 50% of the cases, it will turn out alive. I did not say this is impossible, but only that I don’t know how to construct the ψ-measuring machine. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
