On Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 5:54:19 PM UTC-7, Bruce wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 11:25 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> On Friday, March 6, 2020 at 1:22:30 PM UTC-7, Philip Thrift wrote: >>> >>> >>> Sean Carroll >>> @seanmcarroll >>> · >>> What really happens to Schrödinger’s cat is that it becomes entangled >>> with its environment, so that the wave function comes to describe multiple >>> almost-classical worlds! Happens to all of us, and nicely explained in this >>> @veritasium video. >>> >>> https://twitter.com/seanmcarroll/status/1235999175428333568 >>> >>> @philipthrift >>> >> >> I've asked this before and might have gotten some replies, but I can't >> recall what they were. Many of the quantum paradoxes arise due to a >> particular interpretation of superposition, namely, that all alternatives >> happen simultaneously (before measurement). Why can't superposition be >> interpreted to mean that each alternative has a probability of occurrence >> and nothing more? TIA, AG >> > > In a collapse or an epistemic interpretation, that is exactly what it > means. > > Bruce >
So why not leave it at that? What's the reason some go beyond this which creates unresolvable issues? Presumably, if it's just epistemic, no need to worry about collapse and how it happens. 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/da404fc5-a941-4fb5-adb2-c0a907f1079c%40googlegroups.com.
