Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 28 Jul 2018, at 14:37, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Saturday, July 28, 2018 at 11:39:34 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 27 Jul 2018, at 21:07, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Friday, July 27, 2018 at 10:41:32 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >>> On 26 Jul 2018,

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-28 Thread agrayson2000
On Saturday, July 28, 2018 at 11:39:34 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 27 Jul 2018, at 21:07, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Friday, July 27, 2018 at 10:41:32 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 26 Jul 2018, at 23:37, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thursday, July 26,

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 27 Jul 2018, at 21:07, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Friday, July 27, 2018 at 10:41:32 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 26 Jul 2018, at 23:37, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 4:59:01 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >>> On 26 Jul

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 27 Jul 2018, at 20:40, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 7/27/2018 3:41 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> That is solved in QM by having only square integral functions, which tends >> to zero on infinity. >> A classical wave with arbitrary high amplitude is an dubious physical >> reality. It

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-27 Thread agrayson2000
On Friday, July 27, 2018 at 10:41:32 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 26 Jul 2018, at 23:37, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 4:59:01 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 26 Jul 2018, at 09:55, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> *I think this discussion

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-27 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/27/2018 3:41 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: That is solved in QM by having only square integral functions, which tends to zero on infinity. A classical wave with arbitrary high amplitude is an dubious physical reality. It belongs to math, where there is no FTL, given that there is no time

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 26 Jul 2018, at 23:37, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 4:59:01 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 26 Jul 2018, at 09:55, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I think this discussion is a waste of time. You can't even understand why a >> classical wave

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-26 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 4:59:01 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 26 Jul 2018, at 09:55, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > *I think this discussion is a waste of time. You can't even understand why > a classical wave which extends to infinity along an infinite plane implies > FTL,* >

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 26 Jul 2018, at 09:55, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > I think this discussion is a waste of time. You can't even understand why a > classical wave which extends to infinity along an infinite plane implies FTL, You are right. I can’t understand that. It makes absolutely no sense to me.

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-26 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 7:40:26 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 25 Jul 2018, at 12:30, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 9:29:58 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 24 Jul 2018, at 21:53, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, July

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-26 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 7:40:26 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 25 Jul 2018, at 12:30, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 9:29:58 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 24 Jul 2018, at 21:53, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, July

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 25 Jul 2018, at 22:03, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 10:30:34 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 9:29:58 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 24 Jul 2018, at 21:53, agrays...@gmail.com <> wrote: >> >> >> >>

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 25 Jul 2018, at 12:30, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 9:29:58 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 24 Jul 2018, at 21:53, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 6:37:19 PM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote: >> >> >> Le

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-25 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 10:30:34 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 9:29:58 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 24 Jul 2018, at 21:53, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 6:37:19 PM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote: >>>

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-25 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 9:29:58 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 24 Jul 2018, at 21:53, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 6:37:19 PM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote: >> >> >> >> Le mar. 24 juil. 2018 à 20:30, a écrit : >> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, July 24,

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 24 Jul 2018, at 21:53, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 6:37:19 PM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > > > Le mar. 24 juil. 2018 à 20:30, > a écrit : > > > On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 12:58:43 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 24 Jul 2018, at 09:19,

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-24 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 6:37:19 PM UTC, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > > > > Le mar. 24 juil. 2018 à 20:30, > a > écrit : > >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 12:58:43 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 24 Jul 2018, at 09:19, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Monday, July

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-24 Thread Quentin Anciaux
Le mar. 24 juil. 2018 à 20:30, a écrit : > > > On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 12:58:43 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 24 Jul 2018, at 09:19, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Monday, July 23, 2018 at 4:27:03 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 20 Jul 2018, at 23:12,

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-24 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 12:58:43 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 24 Jul 2018, at 09:19, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Monday, July 23, 2018 at 4:27:03 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 20 Jul 2018, at 23:12, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Friday, July 20,

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-24 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 24 Jul 2018, at 09:19, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Monday, July 23, 2018 at 4:27:03 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 20 Jul 2018, at 23:12, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Friday, July 20, 2018 at 10:17:04 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >>> On 20 Jul

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-24 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, July 23, 2018 at 4:27:03 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 20 Jul 2018, at 23:12, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Friday, July 20, 2018 at 10:17:04 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 20 Jul 2018, at 04:40, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> >> *Nevertheless, I

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-23 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 20 Jul 2018, at 23:12, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Friday, July 20, 2018 at 10:17:04 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 20 Jul 2018, at 04:40, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> > > > >> Nevertheless, I still stand with Schroedinger that in any quantum >> superposition,

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-20 Thread agrayson2000
On Friday, July 20, 2018 at 10:17:04 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 20 Jul 2018, at 04:40, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 9:24:26 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 4:39:30 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>>

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 20 Jul 2018, at 04:40, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 9:24:26 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 4:39:30 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 18 Jul 2018, at 05:02, agrays...@gmail.com <> wrote: >> >> >> >>

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 18 Jul 2018, at 23:24, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 4:39:30 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 18 Jul 2018, at 05:02, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 2:00:47 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com >>

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-19 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 9:24:26 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 4:39:30 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 18 Jul 2018, at 05:02, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 2:00:47 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-18 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 4:39:30 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 18 Jul 2018, at 05:02, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 2:00:47 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 12:00:08 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>>

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 18 Jul 2018, at 05:02, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 2:00:47 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 12:00:08 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 16 Jul 2018, at 23:08, agrays...@gmail.com <> wrote: >> >> >> >> On

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-17 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 2:00:47 AM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 12:00:08 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 16 Jul 2018, at 23:08, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 8:30:58 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>>

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-17 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 12:00:08 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 16 Jul 2018, at 23:08, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 8:30:58 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 13 Jul 2018, at 01:55, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, July

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 16 Jul 2018, at 23:08, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 8:30:58 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 13 Jul 2018, at 01:55, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 2:16:24 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com >>

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-16 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 7:48:02 AM UTC-6, scerir wrote: > > --- SCERIR; IN YOU OWN WORDS; WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE AND WHY? AG > > Is the state ψ (i.e. a superposition state) a physically object or is it > an abstract entity that merely provides information about the system? > *We know for

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-16 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 7:48:02 AM UTC-6, scerir wrote: > > --- SCERIR; IN YOU OWN WORDS; WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE AND WHY? AG > > Is the state ψ (i.e. a superposition state) a physically object or is it > an abstract entity that merely provides information about the system? > *It just gives

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-16 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 8:30:58 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 13 Jul 2018, at 01:55, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 2:16:24 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com > wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 4:42:44 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >>> >>>

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 15 Jul 2018, at 15:48, 'scerir' via Everything List > wrote: > > --- SCERIR; IN YOU OWN WORDS; WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE AND WHY? AG > > Is the state ψ (i.e. a superposition state) a physically object or is it an > abstract entity that merely provides information about the system? > > This

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 13 Jul 2018, at 01:55, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 2:16:24 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 4:42:44 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > On 7/10/2018 3:01 PM, agrays...@gmail.com <> wrote: >> IIRC, the above quote

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-15 Thread 'scerir' via Everything List
--- SCERIR; IN YOU OWN WORDS; WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE AND WHY? AG Is the state ψ (i.e. a superposition state) a physically object or is it an abstract entity that merely provides information about the system? This is the question. This mystery is the fact that no physical property is, in

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-14 Thread agrayson2000
"The compulsion to replace the "simultaneous* happenings, as indicated directly by the theory, --- Where does the theory assert this? I don't see this, and the usual suspects are silent. I suppose they can't stand the heat. I see that Peres is focused on how the complex amplitudes are

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-13 Thread 'scerir' via Everything List
> Il 13 luglio 2018 alle 20.55 agrayson2...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > > > On Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 8:24:32 AM UTC-6, scerir wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Il 12 luglio 2018 alle 3.57 agrays...@gmail.com ha > > scritto: > > > > > > > > > > > > On

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-13 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 8:24:32 AM UTC-6, scerir wrote: > > > Il 12 luglio 2018 alle 3.57 agrays...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > > > On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 11:23:55 PM UTC-6, scerir wrote: > > > Il 11 luglio 2018 alle 0.01 agrays...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > > > On Monday, July 9,

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-12 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 2:16:24 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 4:42:44 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/10/2018 3:01 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> *IIRC, the above quote is also in the Wiki article. It's not a coherent >> argument;

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-12 Thread 'scerir' via Everything List
> Il 12 luglio 2018 alle 3.57 agrayson2...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > > > On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 11:23:55 PM UTC-6, scerir wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Il 11 luglio 2018 alle 0.01 agrays...@gmail.com ha > > scritto: > > > > > > > > > > > > On

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-11 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 8:30:26 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 8:17:14 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/10/2018 6:34 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 5:08:30 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-11 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 11:23:55 PM UTC-6, scerir wrote: > > > Il 11 luglio 2018 alle 0.01 agrays...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > > > On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 11:55:45 PM UTC-6, scerir wrote: > > > Il 9 luglio 2018 alle 22.46 agrays...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > > > On Saturday, July 7,

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-11 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 4:42:44 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/10/2018 3:01 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > *IIRC, the above quote is also in the Wiki article. It's not a coherent > argument; not even an argument but an ASSERTION. Let's raise the level of > discourse. It says we

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread 'scerir' via Everything List
> Il 11 luglio 2018 alle 0.01 agrayson2...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > > > On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 11:55:45 PM UTC-6, scerir wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Il 9 luglio 2018 alle 22.46 agrays...@gmail.com ha > > scritto: > > > > > > > > > > > > On

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 8:28:51 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/10/2018 7:04 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 5:08:30 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/10/2018 3:30 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> *More and more, Dirac's claim seems to be

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 8:24:38 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/10/2018 6:50 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 4:42:44 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/10/2018 3:01 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> *IIRC, the above quote is also in the Wiki

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 8:17:14 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/10/2018 6:34 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 5:08:30 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/10/2018 3:30 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> *More and more, Dirac's claim seems to be

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/10/2018 7:04 PM, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 5:08:30 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: On 7/10/2018 3:30 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: *More and more, Dirac's claim seems to be an illusion that most everyone has fallen in love with. Consider the

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/10/2018 6:50 PM, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 4:42:44 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: On 7/10/2018 3:01 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: *IIRC, the above quote is also in the Wiki article. It's not a coherent argument; not even an argument but an

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/10/2018 6:34 PM, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 5:08:30 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: On 7/10/2018 3:30 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: *More and more, Dirac's claim seems to be an illusion that most everyone has fallen in love with. Consider the

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 5:08:30 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/10/2018 3:30 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > *More and more, Dirac's claim seems to be an illusion that most everyone > has fallen in love with. Consider the example of a vector in a plane > decomposed as a

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 4:42:44 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/10/2018 3:01 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > *IIRC, the above quote is also in the Wiki article. It's not a coherent > argument; not even an argument but an ASSERTION. Let's raise the level of > discourse. It says we

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 5:08:30 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/10/2018 3:30 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > *More and more, Dirac's claim seems to be an illusion that most everyone > has fallen in love with. Consider the example of a vector in a plane > decomposed as a

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/10/2018 3:30 PM, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: *More and more, Dirac's claim seems to be an illusion that most everyone has fallen in love with. Consider the example of a vector in a plane decomposed as a superposition of unit vectors in some orthogonal basis, Not an exact analogy to

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/10/2018 3:01 PM, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: *IIRC, the above quote is also in the Wiki article. It's not a coherent argument; not even an argument but an ASSERTION. Let's raise the level of discourse. It says we always get a or b, no intermediate result when the system is in a

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 4:01:02 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 11:55:45 PM UTC-6, scerir wrote: >> >> >> Il 9 luglio 2018 alle 22.46 agrays...@gmail.com ha scritto: >> >> >> >> On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 4:48:51 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-10 Thread agrayson2000
On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 11:55:45 PM UTC-6, scerir wrote: > > > Il 9 luglio 2018 alle 22.46 agrays...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > > > On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 4:48:51 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 12:19:23 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > >

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-09 Thread 'scerir' via Everything List
> Il 9 luglio 2018 alle 22.46 agrayson2...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > > > On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 4:48:51 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > > > > On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 12:19:23 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com > > wrote: > > > > > > >

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-09 Thread agrayson2000
On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 4:48:51 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 12:19:23 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 1:56:12 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 1:22:03 PM

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-07 Thread agrayson2000
On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 4:48:51 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 12:19:23 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 1:56:12 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 1:22:03 PM

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-07 Thread agrayson2000
On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 12:19:23 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 1:56:12 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 1:22:03 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 7/6/2018 11:44 AM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >>>

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-07 Thread agrayson2000
On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 1:56:12 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 1:22:03 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/6/2018 11:44 AM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 5:14:34 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-06 Thread agrayson2000
On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 1:22:03 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/6/2018 11:44 AM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 5:14:34 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/5/2018 3:55 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 2:03:46 PM

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-06 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/6/2018 11:44 AM, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 5:14:34 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: On 7/5/2018 3:55 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 2:03:46 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: On 7/5/2018 11:27 AM, agrays...@gmail.com

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-06 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 5:14:34 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/5/2018 3:55 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 2:03:46 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/5/2018 11:27 AM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-05 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/5/2018 3:55 PM, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 2:03:46 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: On 7/5/2018 11:27 AM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 10:57:06 AM UTC-6, Brent wrote: On 7/4/2018 1:57 AM, 'scerir' via Everything

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-05 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 2:03:46 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/5/2018 11:27 AM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 10:57:06 AM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 7/4/2018 1:57 AM, 'scerir' via Everything List wrote: >> >> >> *No. I am asserting that the

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-05 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/5/2018 11:27 AM, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 10:57:06 AM UTC-6, Brent wrote: On 7/4/2018 1:57 AM, 'scerir' via Everything List wrote: *No. I am asserting that the INTERPRETATION of the superposition of states is wrong. Although I have

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-05 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 2:57:27 AM UTC-6, scerir wrote: > > > Il 4 luglio 2018 alle 2.37 agrays...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > > > On Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 1:21:18 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 23 Jun 2018, at 00:13, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Friday, June 22,

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-05 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 10:57:06 AM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 7/4/2018 1:57 AM, 'scerir' via Everything List wrote: > > > *No. I am asserting that the INTERPRETATION of the superposition of states > is wrong. Although I have asked several times, no one here seems able to > offer a

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-05 Thread Jason Resch
On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 5:13 PM, wrote: > > > On Friday, June 22, 2018 at 10:13:37 AM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote: >> >> On Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 6:48:53 PM UTC-5, agrays...@gmail.com >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 11:18:25 PM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote:

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 4 Jul 2018, at 10:57, 'scerir' via Everything List > wrote: > > > >> Il 4 luglio 2018 alle 2.37 agrayson2...@gmail.com ha scritto: >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 1:21:18 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >>> On 23 Jun 2018, at 00:13, agrays...@gmail.com <> wrote: >>>

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-04 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/4/2018 1:57 AM, 'scerir' via Everything List wrote: *No. I am asserting that the INTERPRETATION of the superposition of states is wrong. Although I have asked several times, no one here seems able to offer a plausible justification for interpreting that a system in a superposition of

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-04 Thread 'scerir' via Everything List
> Il 4 luglio 2018 alle 2.37 agrayson2...@gmail.com ha scritto: > > > > On Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 1:21:18 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On 23 Jun 2018, at 00:13, agrays...@gmail.com > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-03 Thread Brent Meeker
But its probability of not having decaded goes down exponentially with a long half-life. And it would be in a superposition of decayed and undecayed for a long time. We don't observe |decayed>+|undecayed> or |decayed>-|undecayed> because that would require an instrument for which that was an

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-03 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 1:21:18 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 23 Jun 2018, at 00:13, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Friday, June 22, 2018 at 10:13:37 AM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote: >> >> On Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 6:48:53 PM UTC-5, agrays...@gmail.com >> wrote: >>>

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-07-03 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 5:18:25 PM UTC-6, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > The emergent nuclear interaction occurs on a time scale of > 10^{-22}seconds. The superposition of a decayed and nondecayed nucleus > occurs in that time before decoherence. > > LC > Hasn't the source had ample time

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 23 Jun 2018, at 00:13, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Friday, June 22, 2018 at 10:13:37 AM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > On Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 6:48:53 PM UTC-5, agrays...@gmail.com <> wrote: > > > On Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 11:18:25 PM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote:

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-24 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, June 24, 2018 at 3:03:07 AM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 6/23/2018 2:26 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 9:21:05 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 7:52:08 PM UTC, Brent wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-23 Thread Brent Meeker
On 6/23/2018 10:05 PM, Bruce Kellett wrote: From: *Brent Meeker* mailto:meeke...@verizon.net>> Of course in theory any pure state can be taken to be a basis vector and there is an operator for which that state is an eigenvector, i.e. a basis in which it is not a superposition.  But in

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-23 Thread Brent Meeker
On 6/23/2018 9:20 PM, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, June 24, 2018 at 3:03:07 AM UTC, Brent wrote: On 6/23/2018 2:26 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 9:21:05 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-23 Thread Bruce Kellett
From: *Brent Meeker* mailto:meeke...@verizon.net>> Of course in theory any pure state can be taken to be a basis vector and there is an operator for which that state is an eigenvector, i.e. a basis in which it is not a superposition. But in practice we don't know what that basis is and in

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-23 Thread agrayson2000
On Sunday, June 24, 2018 at 3:03:07 AM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 6/23/2018 2:26 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 9:21:05 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 7:52:08 PM UTC, Brent wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-23 Thread Brent Meeker
On 6/23/2018 2:26 PM, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 9:21:05 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 7:52:08 PM UTC, Brent wrote: On 6/23/2018 12:02 AM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-23 Thread agrayson2000
On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 9:21:05 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 7:52:08 PM UTC, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 6/23/2018 12:02 AM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 6:25:38 AM UTC, Brent wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-23 Thread agrayson2000
On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 7:52:08 PM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 6/23/2018 12:02 AM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 6:25:38 AM UTC, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 6/22/2018 3:13 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> *I've been struggling lately with how to

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-23 Thread Brent Meeker
On 6/23/2018 12:02 AM, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 6:25:38 AM UTC, Brent wrote: On 6/22/2018 3:13 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: *I've been struggling lately with how to interpret a superposition of states when it is ostensibly unintelligible,

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-23 Thread agrayson2000
On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 12:46:28 PM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > > > On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 7:09:43 AM UTC-5, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 11:57:09 AM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote: >>> >>> On Friday, June 22, 2018 at 5:13:22 PM UTC-5,

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-23 Thread Lawrence Crowell
On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 7:09:43 AM UTC-5, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 11:57:09 AM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote: >> >> On Friday, June 22, 2018 at 5:13:22 PM UTC-5, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, June 22, 2018 at 10:13:37 AM UTC,

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-23 Thread agrayson2000
On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 11:57:09 AM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > On Friday, June 22, 2018 at 5:13:22 PM UTC-5, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Friday, June 22, 2018 at 10:13:37 AM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote: >>> >>> On Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 6:48:53 PM UTC-5,

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-23 Thread Lawrence Crowell
On Friday, June 22, 2018 at 5:13:22 PM UTC-5, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Friday, June 22, 2018 at 10:13:37 AM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote: >> >> On Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 6:48:53 PM UTC-5, agrays...@gmail.com >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 11:18:25 PM UTC,

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-23 Thread agrayson2000
On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 6:25:38 AM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 6/22/2018 3:13 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > *I've been struggling lately with how to interpret a superposition of > states when it is ostensibly unintelligible, e.g., a cat alive and dead > simultaneously, or a

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-23 Thread Brent Meeker
On 6/22/2018 3:13 PM, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: *I've been struggling lately with how to interpret a superposition of states when it is ostensibly unintelligible, e.g., a cat alive and dead simultaneously, or a radioactive source decayed and undecayed simultaneously. If we go back to the

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-22 Thread agrayson2000
On Friday, June 22, 2018 at 10:13:37 AM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > On Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 6:48:53 PM UTC-5, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 11:18:25 PM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote: >>> >>> The emergent nuclear interaction occurs on a time scale

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-22 Thread Lawrence Crowell
On Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 6:48:53 PM UTC-5, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 11:18:25 PM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote: >> >> The emergent nuclear interaction occurs on a time scale of >> 10^{-22}seconds. The superposition of a decayed and nondecayed nucleus >>

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-22 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 11:48:53 PM UTC, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 11:18:25 PM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote: >> >> The emergent nuclear interaction occurs on a time scale of >> 10^{-22}seconds. The superposition of a decayed and nondecayed nucleus >>

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-21 Thread agrayson2000
On Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 11:18:25 PM UTC, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > The emergent nuclear interaction occurs on a time scale of > 10^{-22}seconds. The superposition of a decayed and nondecayed nucleus > occurs in that time before decoherence. > Is that calculated / postulated if the

Re: Radioactive Decay States

2018-06-21 Thread Lawrence Crowell
The emergent nuclear interaction occurs on a time scale of 10^{-22}seconds. The superposition of a decayed and nondecayed nucleus occurs in that time before decoherence. LC On Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 5:50:12 PM UTC-5, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > Why don't we observe the pure states,

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