Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-31 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 4:54 PM Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 7/31/2018 2:42 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 31, 2018, Brent Meeker wrote: > >> >> >> On 7/31/2018 9:19 AM, Jason Resch wrote: >> >> What I was referring to with the "can only be seen" were the *effects* >> of the

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-31 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/31/2018 2:42 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Tuesday, July 31, 2018, Brent Meeker > wrote: On 7/31/2018 9:19 AM, Jason Resch wrote: What I was referring to with the "can only be seen" were the /effects/ of the interference, be they the final

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-31 Thread Jason Resch
On Tuesday, July 31, 2018, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 7/31/2018 9:19 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > > What I was referring to with the "can only be seen" were the *effects* of > the interference, be they the final results of the quantum computation or > the light and dark bands in the two slit

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-31 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/31/2018 9:22 AM, Jason Resch wrote: On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 1:15 AM Brent Meeker > wrote: On 7/30/2018 9:27 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 11:21 PM Bruce Kellett mailto:bhkell...@optusnet.com.au>> wrote: From:

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-31 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 1:15 AM Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 7/30/2018 9:27 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 11:21 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> From: Jason Resch >> >> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 8:33 PM Bruce Kellett >> wrote: >> >>> From: Jason Resch >>> >>> >>> You can

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-31 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 12:01 AM Bruce Kellett wrote: > From: Jason Resch > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 11:21 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> From: Jason Resch >> >> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 8:33 PM Bruce Kellett >> wrote: >> >>> From: Jason Resch >>> >>> >>> You can use "itself" only if this

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-31 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 31 Jul 2018, at 07:56, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 7/30/2018 9:19 PM, Jason Resch wrote: >> You might be referring to my comments. I didn't exactly say that the wf >> isn't real. I was focused on the superposition being wrongly interpreted, >> and IMO this is what Schroedinger

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-31 Thread 'scerir' via Everything List
> Il 31 luglio 2018 alle 5.06 agrayson2...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > > > On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 12:57:34 AM UTC, Jason wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:42 PM Bruce Kellett < > > bhke...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > > > > > >

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-31 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/30/2018 9:27 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 11:21 PM Bruce Kellett mailto:bhkell...@optusnet.com.au>> wrote: From: *Jason Resch* mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 8:33 PM Bruce Kellett mailto:bhkell...@optusnet.com.au>> wrote:

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/30/2018 9:19 PM, Jason Resch wrote: *You might be referring to my comments. I didn't exactly say that the wf isn't real. I was focused on the superposition being wrongly interpreted, and IMO this is what Schroedinger showed with his cat experiment. I then concluded that

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Bruce Kellett
From: *Jason Resch* mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 11:21 PM Bruce Kellett mailto:bhkell...@optusnet.com.au>> wrote: From: *Jason Resch* mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 8:33 PM Bruce Kellett mailto:bhkell...@optusnet.com.au>> wrote:

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Bruce Kellett
From: mailto:agrayson2...@gmail.com>> On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 4:21:53 AM UTC, Bruce wrote: From: *Jason Resch* On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 8:33 PM Bruce Kellett wrote: From: *Jason Resch* You can use "itself" only if this "it" can be in multiple

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 4:21:53 AM UTC, Bruce wrote: > > From: Jason Resch > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 8:33 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> From: Jason Resch > >> >> >> You can use "itself" only if this "it" can be in multiple locations and >> heading in different directions. >> >> >>

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 11:21 PM Bruce Kellett wrote: > From: Jason Resch > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 8:33 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> From: Jason Resch >> >> >> You can use "itself" only if this "it" can be in multiple locations and >> heading in different directions. >> >> >> That is a

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Bruce Kellett
From: *Jason Resch* mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 8:33 PM Bruce Kellett mailto:bhkell...@optusnet.com.au>> wrote: From: *Jason Resch* mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com>> You can use "itself" only if this "it" can be in multiple locations and heading in different

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 10:06 PM wrote: > > > On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 12:57:34 AM UTC, Jason wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:42 PM Bruce Kellett >> wrote: >> >>> From: Jason Resch >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:22 PM Bruce Kellett >>> wrote: >>> From: Jason Resch

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 8:33 PM Bruce Kellett wrote: > From: Jason Resch > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:36 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> From: Jason Resch >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 6:12 PM Bruce Kellett >> wrote: >> >>> From: Jason Resch >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:29 AM,

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 1:33:21 AM UTC, Bruce wrote: > > From: Jason Resch > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:36 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> From: Jason Resch > >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 6:12 PM Bruce Kellett > > wrote: >> >>> From: Jason Resch > >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 12:57:34 AM UTC, Jason wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:42 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> From: Jason Resch > >> >> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:22 PM Bruce Kellett > > wrote: >> >>> From: Jason Resch > >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 2:38 PM Brent Meeker

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 7:38:38 PM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/30/2018 7:39 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > > Does it exist and happen, or does the final result merely materialize >>> magically like the live or dead cat? >>> >> >> *In my view, we don't know how the final result materializes;

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Bruce Kellett
From: *Jason Resch* mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:36 PM Bruce Kellett mailto:bhkell...@optusnet.com.au>> wrote: From: *Jason Resch* mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 6:12 PM Bruce Kellett mailto:bhkell...@optusnet.com.au>> wrote:

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:42 PM Bruce Kellett wrote: > From: Jason Resch > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:22 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> From: Jason Resch >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 2:38 PM Brent Meeker >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 7/30/2018 7:39 AM, Jason Resch wrote: >>> >>> Does it

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:36 PM Bruce Kellett wrote: > From: Jason Resch > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 6:12 PM Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> From: Jason Resch >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:29 AM, Bruce Kellett < >> bhkell...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: >> >>> From: Jason Resch >>> >>> >>> On

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Bruce Kellett
From: *Jason Resch* mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:22 PM Bruce Kellett mailto:bhkell...@optusnet.com.au>> wrote: From: *Jason Resch* mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 2:38 PM Brent Meeker mailto:meeke...@verizon.net>> wrote:

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Bruce Kellett
From: *Jason Resch* mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 6:12 PM Bruce Kellett mailto:bhkell...@optusnet.com.au>> wrote: From: *Jason Resch* mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:29 AM, Bruce Kellett mailto:bhkell...@optusnet.com.au>> wrote:

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:22 PM Bruce Kellett wrote: > From: Jason Resch > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 2:38 PM Brent Meeker wrote: > >> >> >> On 7/30/2018 7:39 AM, Jason Resch wrote: >> >> Does it exist and happen, or does the final result merely materialize magically like the live or

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 6:12 PM Bruce Kellett wrote: > From: Jason Resch > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:29 AM, Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> From: Jason Resch >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:13 AM, Brent Meeker >> wrote: >> >>> ?? Quantum computers cannot calculate anything more than

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Bruce Kellett
From: *Jason Resch* mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 2:38 PM Brent Meeker > wrote: On 7/30/2018 7:39 AM, Jason Resch wrote: Does it exist and happen, or does the final result merely materialize magically like

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 2:38 PM Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 7/30/2018 7:39 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > > Does it exist and happen, or does the final result merely materialize >>> magically like the live or dead cat? >>> >> >> *In my view, we don't know how the final result materializes; the great

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Bruce Kellett
From: *Jason Resch* mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:29 AM, Bruce Kellett mailto:bhkell...@optusnet.com.au>> wrote: From: *Jason Resch* mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:13 AM, Brent Meeker mailto:meeke...@verizon.net>> wrote:

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/30/2018 8:34 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: If one denies the existence of the wave function however, it leaves no room for talking about these intermediate states that are necessary to explain how the final result of the computation ends up in the qubits. And all those qubits exist in the

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/30/2018 7:39 AM, Jason Resch wrote: Does it exist and happen, or does the final result merely materialize magically like the live or dead cat? *In my view, we don't know how the final result materializes; the great unsolved problem in QM, aka the measurement

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/29/2018 10:17 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:13 AM, Brent Meeker > wrote: ?? Quantum computers cannot calculate anything more than classical computers.  There are some algorithms that allow a QC to calculate something faster;

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 30 Jul 2018, at 07:10, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 7/29/2018 8:11 PM, Jason Resch wrote: >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 6:44 PM, > > wrote: >> >> >> On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 11:23:49 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com >>

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 2:11:11 PM UTC, Jason wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:29 AM, Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> From: Jason Resch > >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:13 AM, Brent Meeker > > wrote: >> >>> ?? Quantum computers cannot calculate anything more than classical >>>

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:49 AM, wrote: > > > On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 5:17:16 AM UTC, Jason wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:13 AM, Brent Meeker >> wrote: >> >>> ?? Quantum computers cannot calculate anything more than classical >>> computers. There are some algorithms that

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:41 AM, wrote: > > > On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 5:08:24 AM UTC, Jason wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 10:30 PM, wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 3:11:47 AM UTC, Jason wrote: On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 6:44 PM, wrote:

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-30 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:29 AM, Bruce Kellett wrote: > From: Jason Resch > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:13 AM, Brent Meeker > wrote: > >> ?? Quantum computers cannot calculate anything more than classical >> computers. There are some algorithms that allow a QC to calculate >> something

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-29 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 5:17:16 AM UTC, Jason wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:13 AM, Brent Meeker > wrote: > >> ?? Quantum computers cannot calculate anything more than classical >> computers. There are some algorithms that allow a QC to calculate >> something faster; but the

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-29 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 5:08:24 AM UTC, Jason wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 10:30 PM, > > wrote: > >> >> >> On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 3:11:47 AM UTC, Jason wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 6:44 PM, wrote: >>> On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 11:23:49 PM

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-29 Thread Bruce Kellett
From: *Jason Resch* mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:13 AM, Brent Meeker > wrote: ?? Quantum computers cannot calculate anything more than classical computers.  There are some algorithms that allow a QC to calculate something

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-29 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 12:13 AM, Brent Meeker wrote: > ?? Quantum computers cannot calculate anything more than classical > computers. There are some algorithms that allow a QC to calculate > something faster; but the domain and range is the same. > > So absent that reason does it follow that

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-29 Thread Brent Meeker
?? Quantum computers cannot calculate anything more than classical computers.  There are some algorithms that allow a QC to calculate something faster; but the domain and range is the same. So absent that reason does it follow that the wave function is merely a convenient (and very accurate)

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-29 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/29/2018 8:11 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 6:44 PM, > wrote: On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 11:23:49 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 10:31:05 PM UTC, Jason

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-29 Thread Jason Resch
On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 10:30 PM, wrote: > > > On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 3:11:47 AM UTC, Jason wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 6:44 PM, wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 11:23:49 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-29 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 3:11:47 AM UTC, Jason wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 6:44 PM, > > wrote: > >> >> >> On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 11:23:49 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 10:31:05 PM UTC, Jason wrote: Quantum computers

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-29 Thread Jason Resch
On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 6:44 PM, wrote: > > > On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 11:23:49 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 10:31:05 PM UTC, Jason wrote: >>> >>> Quantum computers represent a disproof of the conjecture that the wave >>> function is merely a

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-29 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 11:23:49 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 10:31:05 PM UTC, Jason wrote: >> >> Quantum computers represent a disproof of the conjecture that the wave >> function is merely a convenience or tool for estimating probabilities of >>

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-29 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 10:31:05 PM UTC, Jason wrote: > > Quantum computers represent a disproof of the conjecture that the wave > function is merely a convenience or tool for estimating probabilities of > experimental outcomes, rather than something that is real. The reason: it > does

Re: Realizable quantum states

2018-07-29 Thread Jason Resch
Quantum computers represent a disproof of the conjecture that the wave function is merely a convenience or tool for estimating probabilities of experimental outcomes, rather than something that is real. The reason: it does things we cannot. Jason On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 11:23 PM, wrote: > Up