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Tiberius
If there were a way to isolate a macro-sized object so that it fell under the heisenburg uncertainty rule, and then the wave function for the whole object would "un-collapse", do you think it would be possible to use this as a mode of transportation? When we see electrons move from one position from the next without ever being in-between it's called quantum tunneling. Would it be possible to quantum tunnel a spaceship to Alpha Centauri for example? I realize that's pretty "far out" and I'm sure others have thought of this before, but I think I'm in the right forum for such, hehe.
A few questions would arrise...
1) What are some guesses as to how we might completely isolate a macro-sized object from observation?
2) Even if it's wave function "uncollapsed", how do you alter wave functions to be what you want them to be so that, once the object recollapses, it's in the place you want it to be?
3) Would an isolated macro object's activity be TRULY random, as quantum particles are, or would they only APPEAR random but have "hidden variables"?
4) Upon re-collapsing, wouldn't you have to worry about re-collapsing all of the constituent particles the same in relation to one another? Meaning, what if you could do all this, but when you recollapsed, every particle would be in a different random position throughout the area determined by it's wave function, effectively disintigrating the ship! Or, as with paired photons, might there be a way to link the fates of all constituent particles such that, when one's position is determined, the others immediately collapse in conjunction with it?
Just wild speculation here for fun, but any thoughts you had would be welcome. :)
A few questions would arrise...
1) What are some guesses as to how we might completely isolate a macro-sized object from observation?
2) Even if it's wave function "uncollapsed", how do you alter wave functions to be what you want them to be so that, once the object recollapses, it's in the place you want it to be?
3) Would an isolated macro object's activity be TRULY random, as quantum particles are, or would they only APPEAR random but have "hidden variables"?
4) Upon re-collapsing, wouldn't you have to worry about re-collapsing all of the constituent particles the same in relation to one another? Meaning, what if you could do all this, but when you recollapsed, every particle would be in a different random position throughout the area determined by it's wave function, effectively disintigrating the ship! Or, as with paired photons, might there be a way to link the fates of all constituent particles such that, when one's position is determined, the others immediately collapse in conjunction with it?
Just wild speculation here for fun, but any thoughts you had would be welcome. :)
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