Scerir forwards:
> http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/quant-ph/0009055
The article's conclusion:
> Using new technologies, revolutionary
> assumptions can be tested. Admittedly, some of the
> assumptions discussed in this contribution are wild. But
> they are testable with today's technology and they
> provide great intellectual excitement. Moreover, they are
> very natural in the context of the debate about the
> existence or non-existence of state-vector collapses,
> a question which triggered animated discussions and disputes
> since the very early times of quantum mechanics, 100
> years ago.
I personally don't find these experiments very interesting. They always
give the same result, which is that QM is true. If they ever found
this so-called "real collapse", that would violate some of the basic
principles of QM. Granted, that would be an earthshaking result which
would certainly be worth finding out, but the chances of it being true
seem very small at this point.
I class these experiments with those looking for antigravity or violations
of relativity. I guess someone's got to do it, but it's tiresome,
unrewarding work to keep accepting the null hypothesis.
Hal
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