On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 7:25 PM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Why can't superposition be interpreted to mean that each alternative > has a probability of occurrence and nothing more? * Because if a particle undergoes a reaction but I DON'T look at it and then let the particle undergo another reaction and then look at it I get one outcome, but if a particle undergoes a reaction but I DO look at it and then let the particle undergo another reaction and look at it I get a completely different reaction. If I start at the very beginning and want to calculate the outcome at the very end it matters if I looked at anything in the middle or not. This is the measurement problem, and Many Worlds is the only quantum interpretation that even tries to give an explanation for this bizarre behavior, Copenhagen basically says just shut up and calculate. And that works fine if you're a engineer and have no interest in the philosophical implications, but for others not so much. 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/CAJPayv1JdJDLncSkNpr1JvY4PobFDW--ndWU2NGaOC18C-KP3Q%40mail.gmail.com.
