On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 3:02 PM 'Brent Meeker' via < [email protected]> wrote:
>>Why does the act of measurement seem to override the evolution of >> Schrödinger's wave function, and what exactly does a "measurement" even >> mean? Many Worlds is the only interpretation that can give a credible >> answer to that question > > *> The epistemological interpretation also gives a credible answer.* We now know that a measurement is possible without interacting with the thing being measured: Interaction-free measurement <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interaction-free_measurement> So we could place such a device at one slit in the 2 slit exparament so we would know which slit the photons went through and if we do there will be no interference pattern, but if we turn the device off the interference pattern willcome right back. If there is a credible epistemological explanation for this very strange behavior I have never heard it. John K Clark -- 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/CAJPayv3shGef5mTNUE5RqAhL16OKv%2BzbyWcPA3Wnu2yL8RoC0w%40mail.gmail.com.
