On Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 11:16:57 PM UTC-6 Alan Grayson wrote:
The wf under consideration is 1/sqrt (2)[ |spin Up> + |spin Dn> ], and my question is this: Why PRECISELY is the Ignorance Interpretation false? Brent says it is "exactly wrong". I'd like to know his reasoning, or anyone's reasoning. TY, AG The way I see it; CMMIAW, but when electrons are passed through a SG apparatus, the electrons exit going UP or DN, and are perpendular to the table on which the apparatus is situated, assuming the axis of the apparatus is placed parallel to the floor. Now imagine the apparatus inclined at 30 degrees. Now the electrons will exit at an angle of 60 degrees from the horizontal. Since the same wf applies, this means that neither UP or DN can be, in combination, the state of the electrons before measurement. Therefore, realism is denied, the interpretation that the system is in all states of the superposition before measurement is denied, and the Ignorance Interpretation of the superposition is denied. What's affirmed is that the system is in none of the states of the superposition before measurement. 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/e3e933dc-cad3-4b43-81ff-684f71085566n%40googlegroups.com.
