> On 9 Oct 2019, at 12:52, Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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
Everett showed explicitly that the relative states, and their relative statistics does not depend on the choice of the bases. Something quite similar occur already in arithmetic, with a much general notion of "base”. Bruno > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[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 > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/e2854a3f-78c0-4968-9449-4255d2099fa6%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/2450A974-F38B-4A40-AFF9-829D49DD219C%40ulb.ac.be.
