rebeldog

Supposing we put the Schrodingers experiment on a space ship and sent it of with the crew at 99-9% of c. Suppose that the box could be observed from earth by an inteligent robot. After an hour for the box and the comparible years on earth for the robot, the crew open the box to collapse the probability and see one state for the cat. Now for the robot years have passed before the box was opened. This means for the robot the time of probability collapse was different from the crew. Imagine now thousands of robots in different locations in the universe observe the probability collapse at varying times. Because the space ship travels below c all the robots will eventualy see the probability collapse. Imagine for a moment if it was possible for the space ship to travel faster than light. Surely then no robots will ever see the probability collapse and then the cat, for an observing robot, would remain in an infinate state of superposition. Does anyone know the answers or am I mad asking it.

You must have heard about the experiment in Switzerland when 2 entangled photons were split and sent in opposite directions (about 7 km each way) with a counter at each end. The counters would randomly count photons at their end. There was statistical evidence to suggest that a photon knew its partner had been counted (observed) at the opposite end. This could mean that particles are communicating at c+ speeds when they become aware of each other when counted or observed. A crazy and beutiful situation has arisen which opens up god knows what!