On Sunday, October 27, 2019 at 12:43:23 AM UTC-6, Alan Grayson wrote: > > On Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 11:55:58 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> On 10/26/2019 10:48 PM, Alan Grayson wrote: >> > On Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 11:42:21 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >>> >>> On 10/26/2019 10:31 PM, Alan Grayson wrote: >>> > QM does suggest a particle can be in several paths simultaneously, but >>> > we don't have a concept to understand how that can be. AG >>> >>> Who says we don't have that concept? We have the mathematics to >>> describe and predict it. What more do you want...something that would >>> convince Aristotle or your great-grandmother? Nature doesn't need to >>> adjust to your intuition; it's the other way around. >>> >>> Brent >>> >> >> That's the "shut up and calculate" philosophy. So was Feynman wrong when >> he said no one understands QM? AG >> >> >> You still haven't said what you mean by "understand". What is it over >> and above being able to correctly apply the mathematics and get the right >> answer. What is it you think Zurek or Carroll or Lawrence or Schlosshauer >> don't understand? >> >> Brent >> > > Here's what I understand about an electron in the double slit experiment. > It doesn't occupy two locations simultaneously as a particle. Rather, when > *not* observed it behaves like a wave, goes through both slits, and > interferes with itself. When observed, it behaves as a particle. Now please > explain the form of the wf in S cat experiment, applying decoherence before > and after it completes, while the box is closed. TIA, AG >
Since observing the electron forces it into its particle form, the interference is destroyed in the which-way experiment. I am not sure what how those physicists interpret the double slit experiment, but I can make a good guess that Carroll adopts the most unintelligible interpretation; namely, that the particle is in multiple locations simultaneously. 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/7c6d60ea-f92e-479c-bd6d-c05f75107589%40googlegroups.com.
