On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 9:30 PM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Friday, September 27, 2019 at 5:25:25 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote: >> >> On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 8:38 PM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 6:56:31 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Except every measurement ever made in every experiment ever run. >>>> >>> >>> *But if every interaction with the environment in decoherence satisfies >>> unitary time evolution, how can the result deny unitary time evolution? AG * >>> >> >> Every measurement ever made gave only one result. This means that >> unitarity is violated in giving that single result rather than a >> superposition. Understanding the reason for this might require some more >> work. >> >> Bruce >> > > *If you've done that work and are convinced that unitary time evolution is > violated when a measurement occurs, is this tantamount to claiming that the > wf collapses? AG * > I don't claim to have done the work to show how this happens. But collapse is one possibility. 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLSsEH-UBWN7Qe8PDRpDn%2BaHVWZ1-KcbQERTof%3DkZ4s5rg%40mail.gmail.com.
