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Old 03-30-2014, 01:32 PM   #445
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Originally Posted by Rizla View Post
Lanza dedicates a chapter to the experiment and addresses your point and gives a physical example that rebuts your statement. I read this part several times because I needed to be sure. If I get a chance later, I will give you details of his example, but maybe you should just read the book yourself. He spends a chapter referencing the double-split experiment and it's very early in the book.
I've run into this before: Google "eigenstate" and "collapsing the wave function" for more information. I remember looking it up after reading a fictional story by Greg Egan.

BTW: if you like hard science fiction, check out Greg Egan.
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