>From the wiki page cited: > Decoherence does not generate *actual* wave function collapse.
i.e. what the article is about does not purport to explain why things happen. --Chris On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 10:47 AM, ED <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > The collapse of these distributions into the macro world is not > currently understood, but it seems to have something to do with the > interactions between small systems and the whole mass of reality. > > > > Possibly the best way to get a handle on wave-function collapse and its > interaction with the environment is via the concept of 'quantum > decoherence': > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_decoherence > > --ED > > > --- In [email protected], ChrisAustinLane <chris@...> wrote: > > > > Current systems of quantum mechanics are deterministic but do not > determine what happens, but determine probability distributions. > > > > The collapse of these distributions into the macro world is not > currently understood, but it seems to have something to do with the > interactions between small systems and the whole mass of reality. > > > > Thanks, > > Chris Austin-Lane > > > > > >
