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mbk@lyapunov.ucsd.edu (Matt Kennel) writes:
: Acutally, it's my opinion that the experimental evidence _for_ superluminal
: collapse is weak, and experiments testing any sort of collapse phenomena not
: too numerous.  Most physical experiments don't depend on how collapse
: &cetera work, only on things like energy spectra and cross sections.

: Forgetting about GR, I don't think that any sensible theory could
: reasonably be expected without new experimental results, though.

To expand on my point:  most of the notable features of quantum mechanics
have their roots in a few seminal experiments--- the photoelectric
effect, the spectrum of hydrogen, the Stern-Gerlach experiment, and of
course, the structure of the periodic table of elements.

But there's no "classical" experiment that led to the copenhagen instant
observer-makes-collapse rule, is there?  Or is this also part of
the Stern-Gerlach-type experiment?

Matt Kennel
mbk@inls1.ucsd.edu