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Or if you accept the many-worlds interpretation, there is no collapse. There's one blob of amplitude corresponding to a configuration with a dead cat and you ob
by orangecat 15y ago
Or if you accept the many-worlds interpretation, there is no collapse. There's one blob of amplitude corresponding to a configuration with a dead cat and you observing a dead cat, and another blob of amplitude corresponding to a configuration with a live cat and you observing a live cat. Excellent explanation with more detail here: http://www.quora.com/Why-does-observation-collapse-probabilities http://www.quora.com/Why-does-observation-collapse-probabili....
- Miky 15y agoThere's still an event beyond which there appears to be no superposition, whether that's because the two blobs of amplitude have separated enough or whether it's because there's only one left, and I think the word collapse serves well enough.