On Monday, November 11, 2019 at 4:35:13 AM UTC-7, Bruce wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 8:37 PM Bruno Marchal <mar...@ulb.ac.be > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> On 10 Nov 2019, at 20:01, Alan Grayson <agrays...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >> wrote: >> > > >> On Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 5:42:50 AM UTC-7, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> Once the cat is alive + dead, he remains in that state for ever. >>> >> >> *Then how come we NEVER observe that state? AG* >> >> >> Because the observable are defined by their possible definite outcome, >> and for reason already explained, macroscopic superposition decoder, that >> is get entangled with the environment at a very high speed. So, if you look >> at the cat in the a+d state, you are duplicate almost immediately into a >> guy seeing the cat alive + the guy seeing the cat dead, and QM explained >> why they cannot interact, although they might interfere themselves. >> > > That is exactly a preferred basis -- which you seem to want to deny. > > Bruce >
In the case of a radioactive atom in state |decayed> + |undecayed>, what's the justification and advantage of the interpretation that it's in both states 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/7b98cb52-4988-459b-86bb-ca884360e244%40googlegroups.com.
