On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 5:55 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>> "superposition" is just a word that means a collection of particles >> that exist in very different physical states at exactly the same time, > > > * > It's more that a particle or a system of particles exist in a single > physical state, which is represented by different components in our basis > for the Hilbert space. * > To me that sounds like a basically correct but needlessly convoluted euphemism for saying the universe splits. I mean… How would things be different if instead of the "*a particle or a system of particles exist in a single physical state, which is represented by different components in our basis for the Hilbert space*", the universe just split? Seems to me that if one thing needs two "*different components in our basis for the Hilbert space*" then you don't have 1 thing, you have 2 things. John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> o06 -- 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/CAJPayv0v3ev7ZUUegGc8cHXfJnUd8-fdwHqxKZss5bojAhnjsA%40mail.gmail.com.
