On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 6:42 PM 'Brent Meeker' < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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 will come right back. If there is a credible >> epistemological explanation for this very strange behavior I have never >> heard it. > > > * > The person who knows the slit detector is on makes a different > prediction of the screen pattern.* > Well sure, but if making correct predictions is all it's interested in then the "Epistemological Interpretation" is just another name for the "Shut Up And Calculate Interpretation"; it can offer no explanation as to why the spot on the photographic plate that the photon decides to land on depends on what I know or don't know. Why are those two things even connected? 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/CAJPayv3XiLYLX-95hCQ%2BFo42M3m0-Sqnxw-zuUEnYQUiJJ7g0g%40mail.gmail.com.
