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- From: bshsiung@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Bernard Hsiung)
- Subject: Re: Quantum (and untutored Zen) and Beliefs (was Re: Absolutes)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.185411.29489@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor, MI
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:54:11 GMT
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- Liralen (aka Phyllis Rostykus) writes:
- > ... I'm talking more about situations like Schrodinger's Cat which is, in
- >essense, both there and not there at the same time, yes? The example you give
- >is something which can be determined. The questions I'm asking are things
- >which *cannot* be determined with any accuracy in any reportable manner.
- >
- >So like the cat, which may be there or not there at the same time, so with
- >beliefs which are unobservable and undocumentable. Both true and false at
- >the same time.
-
- If everybody is bored to tears by this discussion, I offer my apologies in
- advance. This is my first posting to alt.callahans and I ought to try to
- avoid offending people, after all...
-
- I just wanted to make a small observation about Schrodinger's Cat:
- We may not know if the cat is alive or dead.
- But, certainly, the _cat_ must have observed something!
-
- --
- Jedi Squire-in-Training
- (aka Bernard Hsiung, bshsiung@eecs.umich.edu)
-