Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> 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 might have been the point of the experiment, but did it cause the
> Copenhagen interpretation to be ditched, or is it still a "we don't know
> for sure"?

As far as I know, they're still trying to figure out *why* the math works 
like it does. Neeum posted this, which (after the Bell Inequality stuff at 
the start indicating a need to consider this in the first place) discusses 
the different possible view on the "why" of it all...

http://www.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~motl/entan-interpret.pdf

Overall, I think some people are saying "if you're careful with the math, 
it's obvious why it 'collapses'" but others obviously aren't so sure. Half 
the people looking at the copenhagen interpretation think the wave is real 
and half think it's just a way of looking at it mathematically, even so.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Human nature dictates that toothpaste tubes spend
   much longer being almost empty than almost full.

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