Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site talcott.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!wjh12!talcott!gjk From: gjk@talcott.UUCP (Greg Kuperberg) Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Inherent randomness in QM? Message-ID: <200@talcott.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 21:12:07 EST Article-I.D.: talcott.200 Posted: Tue Dec 18 21:12:07 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 20-Dec-84 01:22:19 EST Distribution: net Organization: Harvard Lines: 11 From what I know of QM, particle interactions depend a lot on the *phase* in the probability amplitudes. Since we cannot control the phase of the probability clouds of our measuring devices, could this not be a source of the so-called inherent randomness? All wave-like properties of a particle are a result of interference/diffraction, which in turns is caused by the phase. --- Greg Kuperberg harvard!talcott!gjk " " -Charlie Chaplin, for IBM