Bill, What Schrodinger was postulating in his famous 'Shrodinger's Cat' thought experiment was very close to what you've suggested below. He simplified his experiment however by limiting the possibilities to only 2 - alive or dead. He postulated that before the cat is observed it has no state, or at least exists in a pre-nascent state only having possibilities, and in this case only 2 of those. It's the ACT OF OBSERVING that collapses this undetermined state into a determined state - EITHER alive or dead.
By the way, this is EXACTLY what I have been saying about holistic Reality vis-a-vis dualistic Mental Models. I've been saying Reality is chaos (a holistic indeterminable swirl of infinite possibilities) which by the dualistic act of being 'observed' is forced into a structure and appears to our 'selves' as a 'mental model'. ...or you could call this Solipsism if you'd like. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], William Rintala <brintala@...> wrote: > > I like the idea that at every moment all possibilities exist and that by > extension every moment gives birth to an infinity of possibilities. Some > people > say that all possibilities do exist. That the cat is both alive and dead > at the > same time. >  Bill not Bill! > > > > > Find what makes your heart singâ¦and do it! > > > > > ________________________________ > From: billsmart <BillSmart@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sun, September 9, 2012 4:28:12 AM > Subject: [Zen] The 'Model' of Physicality... > >  > Of course this guy couldn't even tell a live cat from a dead one without > peeking... > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
