VANAGON archives -- November 2001, week 1 (#159)

Date:         Fri, 2 Nov 2001 14:55:17 -0800
Reply-To:     Bill Kasper <dragonlist@IPMTS.UCSC.EDU>
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From:         Bill Kasper <dragonlist@IPMTS.UCSC.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Schrödinger's Feline
Comments: To: Gnarlodious <Gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET>
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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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