On Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 12:28:38 AM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 10/8/2019 9:20 PM, Alan Grayson wrote: > > I've argued this before, but it's worth stating again. It's a > > misintepretation of superposition to claim that a system described by > > it, is in all the component states simultaneously. As is easily seen > > in ordinary vector space, an arbitrary vector has an uncountable > > number of different representations. Thus, to claim it is in some > > specific set of component states simultaneously, makes no sense. Thus > > evaporates a key "mystery" of quantum theory, inclusive of S's cat and > > Everett's many worlds. AG > > No. It changes the problem to the question of why there are preferred > bases. > > Brent >
Who chose Alive and Dead, or Awake and Sleeping for the S. cat? Wasn't it the observer? Since they had other choices, my claim stands. AG -- 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/e2854a3f-78c0-4968-9449-4255d2099fa6%40googlegroups.com.
