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Loren Booda
Oct23-04, 02:30 AM
Does quantum mechanics allow an observer free choice of measurement?

Fredrik
Oct23-04, 12:59 PM
Interactions with the invironment tend to "push" a physical system into an eigenstate of some observable. I guess you can call this a "measurement" without an observer.

This is what "decoherence" is all about.