On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote:
*>> I don't think the Heisenberg cut exists, I think everything behaves >> quantum mechanically.* > > > *Bohr's point was that there must be instruments and records which behave > classically, otherwise science is impossible; no one could agree on > observations.* > *If you and I wouldn't agree on an observation then you and I must be in different worlds, and so we never meet or contact each other in any way. * > * > His position was that the Heisenberg cut has to exist. * > *He believed it must exist because otherwise things would be odd, not paradoxical, just odd. But quantum mechanics is odd! * *> surprisingly small things, like many biological molecules behave > classically.* *Yes if you're only interested in approximate behavior, but as the years go by and our experimental techniques become more and more sensitive those "small things" keep getting larger and larger. And now it's up to 60 million atoms. * *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* e.. > -- 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/CAJPayv14o4H-0FBmTShG3MrbfcJYr7derGUnbVtd5Q%2BDt3TXmw%40mail.gmail.com.
