On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 6:55 PM Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote:
*> You can delay the choice as to whether or not to utilize the > information about which slit the particle went through until long after > that particle has hit the screen* > No you cannot, you must perform the quantum erasure after the particle passes through the slits but before it hits the screen, although that time can be as long as you want it to be, you just have to increase the distance between the slits in the screen. > * > and formed its permanent image on the screen.* > Once a large-scale macro change has been made, such as would happen when the particle hits the screen, it would be virtually impossible to get all the trillions of particles in the screen to become identical again and cause the two universes to merge back together again. > *> It cannot decide whether or not to interfere with itself to produce an > interference pattern at that time -- the decision about where to hit the > screen has long since been made.* > Huh? You don't get to decide where the particle hits the screen. *> I cannot recommend strongly enough that you read and study the > article by Carroll -- it might rid you of a number of misconceptions that > you have built up over time:* > Misconceptions that apparently you are unable to clearly state. I am very well acquainted with Carroll's blog and I'll wager I've read more stuff by Carroll than you have. John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> cbr > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv1pyEEzyVf%3DZ8%2BS_5CU8szZ7-u2-zW%3D%3Dd2Qy3kLVibSUQ%40mail.gmail.com.
