On Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 10:52:12 PM UTC, Bruce wrote: > > On 13/12/2017 9:45 am, [email protected] <javascript:> wrote: > > On Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 10:14:01 PM UTC, Bruce wrote: >> >> >> So Schrödinger's cat was once a coherent state of a cat in a box, and >> the splitting occurs with the decay of a nucleus; > > > *Unlike the double slit experiment, which can only be understood with > interference and the model that the electron wave, say, goes through both > slits, the nuclear decay is a BINARY event, very roughly like a coin toss > where there is no interference. Generalizing interference to every quantum > state is where Schrodinger went wrong. The cat, which shares or inherits > the wf from the radioactive decay, is never in both Alive and Dead states > simultaneously. AG* > > > In the double slit, the paths through the two slits remain coherent, so > they can interfere when they come together. In the case of nuclear decay, > the coherence is lost immediately, so the nucleus does not interfere with > the decay products. > > Bruce >
*So you agree or disagree with my conclusion; namely, the cat is never in a superposition of states? That is, no situation where cat is Alive and Dead simultaneously. I think you disagree and think the nuclear state is superposed with interference existing. AG * > decoherent entanglement then leads to the splitting of worlds FAPP. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
