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From: thomasmc@netcom.com (Tom McFarlane)
Subject: Re: Collapse of wave function occurs once only
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Date: Thu, 29 Dec 1994 22:24:03 GMT
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Quentin Jones (quentinj@perth.dialix.oz.au) wrote:

: Thanks to those of you who corrected my erroneous understanding of 
: the collapse of the wave function.

: It seems clear that the collapse occurs once, then expands outwards.
: This would seem to occur at the speed of light - yet do I remember an 
: article in New Scientist recently which described this as happening
: (in some circumstances) instantaneously?

: I am still unsure about the cause of the collapse - ie the act of 
: observation:

: Is it awareness which is required to trigger the collapse?
: If an aware human does the trick, what about a child?, what about 
: a baby? (ape?, cat?, video camera?, AI machine? etc. etc.)

: The more I think about it, the more confused I get...

