On Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 4:38:10 PM UTC-5, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > > > On Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 4:35:14 PM UTC-5, Philip Thrift wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 3:30:56 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 5/30/2019 1:17 PM, Philip Thrift wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 3:03:30 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 5/30/2019 11:47 AM, Tomas Pales wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 8:02:12 PM UTC+2, Brent wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I wonder if philosophers have noticed that properties can be separated >>>>> from objects in quantum mechanics, c.f. Cheshire Cat experiments? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> What does it mean that a property is "separated" from an object? That >>>> an object loses a property? That happens all the time. >>>> >>>> >>>> arXiv:1312.3775v1 [quant-ph] 13 Dec 2013 >>>> >>>> Brent >>>> >>> >>> >>> We know that a molecule's histories can interfere with each other: >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment >>> >>> In 2013, the double-slit experiment was successfully performed with >>> molecules that each comprised 810 atoms (whose total mass was over 10,000 >>> atomic >>> mass units <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_mass_units>). >>> >>> >>> Does this mean that a molecule's properties can be separated from itself? >>> >>> >>> That's a non-sequitur. A double-slit experiment is not the same as a >>> Cheshire cat experiment. >>> >>> Brent >>> >> >> >> The same QM principles apply. It's just plain quantum mechanics going on >> whether it's a particle >> > > > > or > >> molecule, or which experiment is being done: >> >> *Quantum Cheshire Cat effect may be explained by standard quantum >> mechanics.* >> >> https://phys.org/news/2015-06-quantum-cheshire-cat-effect-standard.html >> >> @philipthrift >> >
The "Cheshire Cat" claim that a property can be separated from the particle is just* pseudoscience*, as far as I can tell. @philipthrift -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/af0de48f-dcd3-4c6f-8dba-8cfe0e831442%40googlegroups.com.
