On Sunday, October 27, 2019 at 2:52:01 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 10/26/2019 11:43 PM, Alan Grayson wrote: > > Here's what I understand about an electron in the double slit experiment. > It doesn't occupy two locations simultaneously as a particle. Rather, when > *not* observed it behaves like a wave, goes through both slits, and > interferes with itself. When observed, it behaves as a particle. > > > There's your problem. You're insisting that the electron is changing > around because it "behaves" differently. The behavior is in your > interpretation. It's not in the mathematics. So the fact that it seems to > jump around in ontology is the fault of your interpretation trying to > impose a medieval idea of substance. >
And your interpretation is that the mathematics says the electron has two positions or paths simultaneously, and goes through both slits? Where does the mathematics assert that unintelligible claim? Waves can go through both slits, but not particles. And here I thought you'd appreciate my interpretation. AG > > > Now please explain the form of the wf in S cat experiment, applying > decoherence before and after it completes, while the box is closed. TIA, AG > > > There's in no "before and after it completes". The process of transition > from undecayed to decayed is continuous, at least that's the MWI picture. > When you open the box (or even earlier) your brain becomes correlated, via > decoherence, with one or the other of the branches of the wf. > > Brent > -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/caa65f7b-2cbd-4597-a557-c24adaff5cba%40googlegroups.com.
