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Subject:Re: Schr�dinger's Feline
From:mike miller
Date:Fri, 2 Nov 2001 15:47:05 -0800

a female cat

> From: Gnarlodious <Gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET>
> Reply-To: Gnarlodious <Gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET>
> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 15:34:21 -0700
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Schr�dinger's Feline
> 
> 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
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