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Subject:Re: Schr�dinger's Feline
From:Gnarlodious
Date:Fri, 2 Nov 2001 15:34:21 -0700

Entity Matthew Pollard spoke thus:

> Nope. we don't know the exact state the cat is in, but will lock it into
> one state or another when we look at it. So the cat is NEITHER dead or
> alive, but just is.
>
> ---OR---
>
> a wavefunction will collapse to one value if it is observed, because the
> nature of observing it will effect it. There is no way of observing
> somethign without effecting it. Sorry, game over.

So what is the sound of one hand clapping?

Rachel http://www.gnarlodious.com