On Monday, August 13, 2018 at 10:20:09 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Monday, August 13, 2018 at 5:51:17 AM UTC, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 8/12/2018 10:13 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Monday, August 13, 2018 at 2:10:33 AM UTC, Brent wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 8/12/2018 9:26 AM, agrays...@gmail.com 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
