Re: bONK! Kevin Aylward
From: Paul Burridge (pb_at_notthisbit.osiris1.co.uk)
Date: 07/18/04
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Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:41:51 +0100
On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 16:06:13 GMT, Rich Grise <null@example.net> wrote:
>Kevin Aylward wrote:
>
>> A measurement is a measurement. "you" refers to whatever set-up is used
>> that makes a determination of a parameter value. A human observer is
>> irrelevant.
>
>You got this completely bass-ackwards. Without a human observer, the whole
>exercise becomes irrelevant.
That reminds me of that old philosophical chestnut: if a tree falls
over where and when there's no one around, does it make a sound? The
answers bloody obvious if you think about it, but logicians like The
Kevster are completely thrown by it.
-- "What is now proved was once only imagin'd." - William Blake, 1793.
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