On Monday, August 13, 2018 at 10:20:09 PM UTC, [email protected] wrote: > > > > On Monday, August 13, 2018 at 5:51:17 AM UTC, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 8/12/2018 10:13 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> >> >> On Monday, August 13, 2018 at 2:10:33 AM UTC, Brent wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 8/12/2018 9:26 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> *I meant to write; Just DO the math! Since QM allows the probability >>> calculation for the double slit from minus to plus infinitely for any >>> moment in time, it means we have and know the data simultaneously for all >>> positions on the screen. This has nothing to do with branches or collapse. >>> AG* >>> >>> >>> If you start with impossible initial conditions you get impossible >>> results. Doesn't mean the theory is wrong. >>> >>> Brent >>> >> >> What are the impossible initial conditions? AG >> >> >> You apparently contemplated a perfectly plane wave, so that it extends to >> infinity and yet meets an infinite screen in finite time. >> > > *I'm not sure. Wouldn't any spherical wave impacting the screen extend as > far as the length of the screen, hence infinitely distant? AG * >
*I think it would (extend to infinity), but not instantaneously. AG* > > >> And even for a wave that extends to infinity, it's amplitude may go to >> zero such that the observation of even one photon is improbable within the >> age of the universe. >> > > *I don't like, and avoid FAPP arguments when arguing about first > principles. Suppose I have a wf in one spatial dimension and calculate the > probability density at some value of x. Isn't any x acceptable, say for a > free particle, implying the wf extends to infinity? TIA, AG* > > Brent > >> -- 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.
