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same as the sound of a vanagon driving through the forest with no one around to hear it... On Friday, November 2, 2001, at 02:34 , Gnarlodious wrote: > Entity Matthew Pollard spoke thus: > >> Nope. we don't know the exact state the cat is in, but will lock it >> into >> one state or another when we look at it. So the cat is NEITHER dead or >> alive, but just is. >> >> ---OR--- >> >> a wavefunction will collapse to one value if it is observed, because >> the >> nature of observing it will effect it. There is no way of observing >> somethign without effecting it. Sorry, game over. > > So what is the sound of one hand clapping? > > Rachel http://www.gnarlodious.com > |
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