Deflating Hyperspace

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

A few things I remember about quantum mechanics
Bertrand Le Roy

A post on the ASP.NET forums recently went a little crazy by shifting from a perfectly normal question on how to get the response object from a class that doesn't derive  from Page or Control (to which the answer is to use HttpContext.Current.Response) to quantum mechanics and the multiverse theories.
I happen to know a few things on quantum mechanics, dating back from my PhD, so I can shed some light on these subjects (or make them even more obscure, we'll see).
 
Here are a few things that have been said in this thread and a few comments:
"Light will act like a wave until observed, at which time it collapses to a point."
It would be more precise to say a photon, or quantum of light, that is, the minimum quantity of light you can get.
 
"wherever an elemental "decision" is made (whether the light went through the top or bottom hole of the twin-hole experiment; or whether Schrodinger's cat is alive or dead), the universe splits to accommodate both decisions."
That was the original idea of the multiverse, but we'll see that there may be a much better and simple explanation.
 
"Another "solution" to the riddle proposed by Schrodinger's cat is the idea that light travels backwards in time, just as it travels forward. . . ."



http://weblogs.asp.net/bleroy/archive/2004/10/07/239579.aspx