On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 11:27 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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]> 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 > What about it? Do you think it can't be done? Bruce -- 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/CAFxXSLTb2E1A4kVVrndYXu5E-AXfKi4CJ0kpZ%3DfsBu45pqAjtQ%40mail.gmail.com.
