On Monday, November 11, 2019 at 3:44:24 PM UTC-6, Alan Grayson wrote: > > > > 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 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 10 Nov 2019, at 20:01, Alan Grayson <[email protected]> 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 >
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