On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 12:14:26 PM UTC-7, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 8:28:22 AM UTC-6, Alan Grayson wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 1:24:44 AM UTC-7, Philip Thrift wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Monday, November 11, 2019 at 5:58:30 PM UTC-6, Alan Grayson wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, November 11, 2019 at 2:52:25 PM UTC-7, Philip Thrift wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, November 11, 2019 at 3:44:24 PM UTC-6, Alan Grayson wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> In the case of a radioactive atom in state |decayed> + |undecayed>, >>>>>> what's the justification and advantage of the interpretation that it's >>>>>> in >>>>>> both states simultaneously? AG >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> None, since it isn't. >>>>> >>>>> @philipthrift >>>>> >>>> >>>> But doesn't the either/or situation imply no interference? AG >>>> >>> >>> In the case of radium atom decay or no-decay which kills or doesn't kill >>> the cat, there is no interference of the two possible histories (as I >>> understand what physically is going on). Only one history survives. >>> >>> @philipthrift >>> >> >> Forget about the cat. For the radioactive source, can it ever be decayed >> and undecayed simultaneously, and if so, why? AG >> > > > No. > > It can "be" *possibly-decayed* and *possibly-undecayed *simultaneously. > > That's as much as we can model the quantum nature of it. > > @philipthrift >
Would you than say that the prevailing claim that the wf implies a radioactive source can be in two states simultaneously, decayed and undecayed, is an error due to an ontological interpretation, as distinquished from an epistemological interpretation of the wf? AG -- 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/27901509-af9d-4b4a-9f19-a6bea6339362%40googlegroups.com.
