Re: Two Schrodinger cats

2013-01-21 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 20 Jan 2013, at 18:53, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 19 Jan 2013, at 13:42, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 17 Jan 2013, at 16:01, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be

Re: Two Schrodinger cats

2013-01-21 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 19 Jan 2013, at 13:42, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 17 Jan 2013, at 16:01, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Bruno

Re: Two Schrodinger cats

2013-01-21 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 19 Jan 2013, at 13:42, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 17 Jan

Re: Two Schrodinger cats

2013-01-21 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 20 Jan 2013, at 18:53, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 19 Jan 2013, at 13:42, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 17 Jan 2013, at 16:01, Telmo Menezes wrote:

Re: Two Schrodinger cats

2013-01-21 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 21 Jan 2013, at 14:58, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 20 Jan 2013, at 18:53, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 19 Jan 2013, at 13:42, Telmo Menezes wrote: snip Ok. That mode of reasoning is weirdly appealing to me. Even

Re: Two Schrodinger cats

2013-01-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 19 Jan 2013, at 13:42, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 17 Jan 2013, at 16:01, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 17 Jan 2013, at 13:32, Telmo Menezes

Re: Two Schrodinger cats

2013-01-20 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 19 Jan 2013, at 13:42, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 17 Jan 2013, at 16:01, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Bruno

Re: Two Schrodinger cats

2013-01-19 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 17 Jan 2013, at 16:01, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 17 Jan 2013, at 13:32, Telmo Menezes wrote: Hi all, Naive question... Not being a

Re: Two Schrodinger cats

2013-01-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Jan 2013, at 20:08, meekerdb wrote: On 1/17/2013 4:32 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: Hi all, Naive question... Not being a physicists, I only have a pop-science level of understanding of the MWI. I imagine the multi-verse as a tree, where each time there is more than one possible

Two Schrodinger cats

2013-01-17 Thread Telmo Menezes
Hi all, Naive question... Not being a physicists, I only have a pop-science level of understanding of the MWI. I imagine the multi-verse as a tree, where each time there is more than one possible quantum state we get a branch. I imagine my consciousness moving down the tree. Suppose Mary

Re: Two Schrodinger cats

2013-01-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Jan 2013, at 13:32, Telmo Menezes wrote: Hi all, Naive question... Not being a physicists, I only have a pop-science level of understanding of the MWI. I imagine the multi-verse as a tree, where each time there is more than one possible quantum state we get a branch. I imagine my

Re: Two Schrodinger cats

2013-01-17 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/1/17 Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be On 17 Jan 2013, at 13:32, Telmo Menezes wrote: Hi all, Naive question... Not being a physicists, I only have a pop-science level of understanding of the MWI. I imagine the multi-verse as a tree, where each time there is more than one possible

Re: Two Schrodinger cats

2013-01-17 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 17 Jan 2013, at 13:32, Telmo Menezes wrote: Hi all, Naive question... Not being a physicists, I only have a pop-science level of understanding of the MWI. I imagine the multi-verse as a tree, where each time

Re: Two Schrodinger cats

2013-01-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Jan 2013, at 16:01, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 17 Jan 2013, at 13:32, Telmo Menezes wrote: Hi all, Naive question... Not being a physicists, I only have a pop-science level of understanding of the MWI. I

Re: Two Schrodinger cats

2013-01-17 Thread meekerdb
On 1/17/2013 4:32 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: Hi all, Naive question... Not being a physicists, I only have a pop-science level of understanding of the MWI. I imagine the multi-verse as a tree, where each time there is more than one possible quantum state we get a branch. I imagine my

Re: Two Schrodinger cats

2013-01-17 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 1:08 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: The short answer is yes. But it's not four universes, it's one universe that is a superposition of four states. The idealization is that the cats are isolated so that it is only when a live/dead measurement is made the