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Wanted: Schrödinger’s Cat Dead or Alive!
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2018 10:22 pm
by Philosophy Now
Re: Wanted: Schrödinger’s Cat Dead or Alive!
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 12:00 am
by -1-
That's supposed to be "Wanted: Lost cat, please return to Mr. Shroedinger dead and alive."
Re: Wanted: Schrödinger’s Cat Dead or Alive!
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 12:28 am
by A_Seagull
They should do the thought experiment with a person instead of a cat. But I suppose the PC brigade would be up in arms....
Re: Wanted: Schrödinger’s Cat Dead and Alive!
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 3:41 am
by Noax
I didn't like this innaccuracy:
J J Christian wrote:
They showed that if the theory is assumed to describe the external observer-independent reality, then it predicts that moving (say) an electron could instantly have an effect on another electron a long distance away.
If this were true, there would be faster than light communication. He's talking about correlation of entangled particles, but that doesn't involve motion here causing motion there.
That aside, the part that interested me was the incompatibility with classic realism. The part I didn't like was the opening line of involving a human observer, which sets the stage right away as to how the various interpretations are going to be found unacceptable.