On Sunday, July 27, 2025 at 7:39:43 PM UTC-6 Alan Grayson wrote:
On Sunday, July 27, 2025 at 7:26:50 PM UTC-6 John Clark wrote: On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote: *> it violates the basic rules of vector spaces.* *Only if you associate the quantum spin of an electron with a 3-D direction in classical space composed of three independent components, which for physical not mathematical reasons you can NOT do if you wish to be consistent with experimental results. A quantum state is not what you think it is so you're using the WRONG mathematical object to represent it * John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> *Really? If I understand correctly, IIUC, a quantum state is a linear sum of the possible states of a system after measurement. Do you disagree with this definition? What did Von Neumann say about this? I am skeptical that your words imply what you think they do. I await Brent's justification, if he has one. AG * *Measuring UP/DN is a different experiment than measuring RT/LT, so they necessarily have different bases, and by conflating them you get an impossible result. 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/8c3c0ad1-5fee-46c4-b244-8173494960e5n%40googlegroups.com.
