Re: [asa] Quantum quackery

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack" <drsyme@cablespeed.com>
To: "Alexanian, Moorad" <alexanian@uncw.edu>; <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: [asa] Quantum quackery

> Superposition only applies to quantum level objects. Of course this does
> not apply to the cat, and Schroedinger was obviously having fun, and no
> one
> actually believes the cat actually is in a suspended state.

There is nothing in the formalism of QM itself that limits its validity to
some "quantum level." & if someone did actually believe that the cat was in
a superposition of live & dead states before the observation was made, how
would you disprove that?

Having said that, I apologize for bringing Schroedinger's feline into the
conversation. If the question is whether or not consciousness plays a role
in the reduction of ther wave packet then it can be discussed in terms of
simple experiments like the double slit or Michelson interferometer without
the extra complications introduced by the cat.

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
 

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Received on Thu Sep 20 07:44:39 2007