Posted: Oct 28, 2018 10:05 am
ughaibu wrote:...
Whether the cat dies or not, in the theory, is not fixed by the initial conditions, so Schrodinger's behaviour similarly cannot be fixed, otherwise he would, at best, record the result correctly about half the time. Neither can his behaviour be random, for the same reason.
Schrödinger can't tell if the cat is alive or dead in half the experiments? I do not believe this.
To say Schrodinger's behaviour is "determined" by the rules of science is to equivocate over "determined", and what results are a matter of chance?
The rules of science determine that Schrödinger observes |dead> or |alive> at the required time. The result |dead> or |alive> is 50-50.