Darren New wrote:
> scott wrote:
>>>> If a cat's status is not decided until someone looks inside
>>>
>>> Since that isn't true, it's a meaningless question to ask.
>>
>> I thought the whole point of that experiment was that according to QM 
>> the cat was both alive and dead until you actually tried to look?
> 
> That's correct. But it's clearly not true, because the *cat* is 
> observing the situation, right? Of course the cat's status is decided by 
> the cat before anyone looks in the box, 

Who on Earth would let a cat decide anything? One whiff of catnip and it 
would say whatever you wanted. ;)
> 
> I.e., the whole point of the experiment is to show how absurd it was to 
> think the QM "collapsed because it's observed" promoters were right.
> 

That’s what I thought too.

-- 

Best Regards,
	Stephen

Post a reply to this message