On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 5:55 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
>> "superposition" is just a word that means a collection of particles >> that exist in very different physical states at exactly the same time, > > > * > It's more that a particle or a system of particles exist in a single > physical state, which is represented by different components in our basis > for the Hilbert space. * > To me that sounds like a basically correct but needlessly convoluted euphemism for saying the universe splits. I mean… How would things be different if instead of the "*a particle or a system of particles exist in a single physical state, which is represented by different components in our basis for the Hilbert space*", the universe just split? Seems to me that if one thing needs two "*different components in our basis for the Hilbert space*" then you don't have 1 thing, you have 2 things. John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> o06 -- 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/CAJPayv0v3ev7ZUUegGc8cHXfJnUd8-fdwHqxKZss5bojAhnjsA%40mail.gmail.com.
