On Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 5:20:07 PM UTC-7, Bruce wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 11:13 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> On Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 12:50:21 PM UTC-7, Brent wrote: >>> >>> >>> Aside from the isolation problems the de Broglie wavelength of a cat is >>> extremely small so to get an interference pattern the slit and slit spacing >>> must be correspondingly small. The C60 experiment was only made possible >>> by the development of the Tablot-Lau interferometer. >>> >>> Brent >>> >> >> I've made this point before; the decoherence time for a cat is very very >> short, but how does this effect the point Schroedinger wanted to make, >> since the cat is in that paradoxical superposition for some short but >> finite duration? AG >> > > Schrodinger did not know about decoherence. He was pointing to the > absurdity of taking the SWE as representing the full story about cats. > > Bruce >
Sure, but what about the claim that the macro world is really quantum; that is, the idea that the macro world is derivable from the quantum world? 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/2e06eb49-ec76-462b-b644-89e2f3f214d6%40googlegroups.com.
