On Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 6:47:37 PM UTC-6 Brent Meeker wrote:
It's a vector. I can be a a superposition just like a vector from Atlanta to New York is a superposition of a North vector and a East vector. Brent That's exactly my point; any vector can be decomposed using any other basis states, which is another superposition. So, do you claim that the system is in all basis states simultaneously? AG On 7/10/2025 3:49 PM, Alan Grayson wrote: I find the accepted interpretation of superposition in error, namely the conclusion that a system in such a state, is simultaneously in all states in its sum. For example, in the SG experiment, the UP / DOWN final states are defined by the orientation of the magnets. But here's the rub; we can do a transformation to any other basis set. So if the measured system is in some superposition, and is interpreted as being in those particular UP / DOWN states simulataneously, can't we say the system is ALSO in any other basis states obtained through a transformation from the measured states? Since these basis states are different, the standard interpretation of superposition implies the system is simultaneously in all basis states at the same time. AG -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/79abf652-a2f2-4d0c-bd4c-63a40fab467bn%40googlegroups.com.
