[Freedom2specul8]

Tis a wonderful lesson..thank you. I found this
Measurement in Quantum Theory
The problem of measurement in quantum mechanics arises out of the fact that several principles of the theory appear to be in conflict. In particular, the dynamic principles of quantum mechanics seem to be in conflict with the postulate of collapse. David Albert puts the problem nicely when he says:

The dynamics and the postulate of collapse are flatly in contradiction with one another ... the postulate of collapse seems to be right about what happens when we make measurements, and the dynamics seems to be bizarrely wrong about what happens when we make measurements, and yet the dynamics seems to be right about what happens whenever we aren't making measurements. (Albert 1992, 79)

I got lost trying to figure out postulate of collapse

But oh to read refreshers :) My brain needed this.... exercise sort of thing.

Thanks guys!

[2Trievers]

Use it ... or lose it! Get those snapses going! &;-)

[sleavelessinseattle]

That was fun to read! You are a bit advanced for it but I still enjoy some of the concepts from Gary Zukov's Dancing Wu Li masters, if you haven't read it, its a bit metaphysical but it helps chase away the cobwebs without causing a Cerebral meltdown! I like the concept of beginner's mind...being open to new paradigms even when you don't necessarily know where they will wind up...To me that is where the quantum aspects get interesting...Its the deterministic emphasis of experimental research that forces the outcome of the measurement into mass OR position...its trying to break the symmetry of the particle down...that is the fundamental error of human thought IMHO...Another fun author, although deceased, and somewhat out of date is Heinz Pagels' Perfect Symmetry.