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From: desj@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (David desJardins)
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Subject: Re: Does the moon exist?
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Date: Thu, 27-Mar-86 05:03:23 EST
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In article <539@umich.UUCP> torek@umich.UUCP (Paul V. Torek ) writes:
>For a less mystifying view, see N. Maxwell, ``Are Probabilism and Special
>Relativity Incompatible?'', _Philosophy of Science_ 198[4?].  He suggests
>that wave-packet collapse occurs whenever the difference in rest-energy
>between the possible collapsed states exceeds a certain value.

   What is mystifying is how people can believe stuff like this.  Sorry,
but this is the kind of artificial bullshit that people to whom physics
is too mystifying to understand cook up to make it "simpler."  The only
reason anyone would believe this is if they can't understand real QM.
   This reminds me of the morons who believe that "entropy" has some
magical significance and that the universe somehow keeps track of what
it is everywhere and makes sure that it never decreases.  You may laugh,
but I have seen it!

   -- David desJardins