On Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 3:31:19 PM UTC-6, Alan Grayson wrote: > > > > On Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 11:39:04 AM UTC-6, Philip Thrift wrote: >> >> >> >> On Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 11:16:20 AM UTC-5, Alan Grayson wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, October 11, 2019 at 11:41:53 AM UTC-6, Philip Thrift wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> What I call a "ship" above can be done with a *2000-atom molecule* in >>>> a double slit experiment (latest news). >>>> >>>> Now a 2000-atom molecule is not as big as ship, but it should provide >>>> what you need to know, If you think about it. >>>> >>>> @philipthrift >>>> >>> >>> I just posted the article about this. How does the existence of >>> interference for a large molecule demonstrate that a particle can be in >>> multiple positions simultaneously? AG >>> >> >> >> >> What is your "quantum interpretation" of this: >> >> These hefty molecules (oligotetraphenyl porphyrins enriched with >> fluoroalkyl-sulfanyl chains) are sent through a 2-slit screen and land on a >> collection array forming a diffraction pattern (just as photons do). How >> does the presence of the 2 slits make the interference pattern? What is >> interfering with what? >> > > *I don't know. **The size of the molecules is irrelevant.** I am willing > to leave it at that without grandeous interpretations. But since you think > it means all components are simultaneously realized, even if the particles > are measured one at the time, with large time delays, what's the logic to > this conclusion? AG* > > >> (Sabine Hosssenfelder says a particle - and she would have to say this >> molecule - is in two places at once. But she doesn't have a quantum >> interpretation. But what would *Vic Stenger* have said? >> > *Stenger found the MWI abhorrent. Don't recall what alternative he suggested, if any. AG *
I am partial to some some sort of path-integral sum-over-histories >> interpretation*, but it seems the world is adopting the Many World >> interpretation today, so it doesn't matter.) >> >> >> * Sum Over Histories: Discrete Step Interpretation >> Muhammad Adeel Ajaib >> University of Delaware >> https://arxiv.org/pdf/1403.2017.pdf >> >> Beneath the surface of our world lies a sea where quantal histories are >> born and die. >> >> @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/0c258b1e-ac1d-41b9-b378-84ab2f792a19%40googlegroups.com.
