From James R. Meyer, Toome, County Antrim, UK
I have always found it strange when physicists say that they repeat quantum experiments. They repeat only certain parameters – they cannot ever repeat precisely the total physical environment. All they can do is repeat part of that physical environment. And that being the case, how can they be sure that aspects of the overall changing environment don’t affect the outcome?
If the total environment does affect the outcomes of such partial tests, then it could be that quantum outcomes aren’t random, but determined by the environment. And if that is the case, then all the mystery surrounding quantum theory simply disappears. There is no need for a many-worlds theory, there is no need for Schrödinger’s cat. What is measured doesn’t depend on an observer; the observer simply observes what is the case.
