RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
June 8, 2015 at 1:46 pm
(June 8, 2015 at 12:59 pm)Anima Wrote: This is the first I have heard that determination of the state by subjective observation is not held definitive.I don't quite know what you mean by that, can you elaborate?
Quote: If such is the case than it does readily answer my question since the interaction of objects with the photo or electron would be in accordance to it being defined as one state for that interaction while then being rendered an indeterminate state until such time as the next interaction.Yeah... more or less. In technical terms one would say that, if an observable is not a conserved quantity, superpositions start forming again immediately after your measurements. That's the way it is treated in the Copenhagen interpretation.
Quote: However, this intern brings up questions about the duration of the determination of said state since an indeterminate state follows.
As I said in my last post, there is no sharp distinction between indeterminate and determinate states, there are only degrees of uncertainty, and immediately after your measurement, uncertainty will gradually, continuously increase.
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