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lalbatros
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Was the QM postulate for measurements misleading?
Interactions and their understanding is the central topic of QM. So it is for CM too.
The interaction between a QM system and a (macroscopic) Classical system is for sure an extremely interresting subject. Particularly when we want to describe it with the languages of both QM or CM.
However, I have the feeling that the axiom for the wave packet reduction is not only useless but also very misleading, specially in its wording. It has -maybe- been introduced to make a clean presentation of QM. But so many have stick to the letter of this axiom that it has been the source for interpretation and re-interpretation for QM. Just as if some hidden truth had to be discovered. Of course, interpretation has been useless till now. And fortunately few people believe that the human brain has a special relationship with atoms.
What are your ideas?
Michel
Interactions and their understanding is the central topic of QM. So it is for CM too.
The interaction between a QM system and a (macroscopic) Classical system is for sure an extremely interresting subject. Particularly when we want to describe it with the languages of both QM or CM.
However, I have the feeling that the axiom for the wave packet reduction is not only useless but also very misleading, specially in its wording. It has -maybe- been introduced to make a clean presentation of QM. But so many have stick to the letter of this axiom that it has been the source for interpretation and re-interpretation for QM. Just as if some hidden truth had to be discovered. Of course, interpretation has been useless till now. And fortunately few people believe that the human brain has a special relationship with atoms.
What are your ideas?
Michel
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