Tim Maudlin
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 31 Aug
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Either the particle is deflected toward the north pole or away from it.
So in a way we get a
conceptual simplification because we no longer have a continuous spectrum, we have just two possible outcomes.
Um
And so that makes it very easy to talk about what the data out of one of these experiments is going to be.
Because you just for on every run, tell me which way was each what was the magnet pointed and did it come out up or down?
Um, that makes the analysis very
Now
Quantum mechanics treats spin, as I said, by changing the wave function from a complex-valued one to a so-called spinner-valued one.
We don't need to go into any of the mathematical details of that, but we can just talk about what possible spin states, quantum mechanical spin states, a single particle, spin-half particle, like an electron, can be.
There's a pallet as usual, there's a state space.
And
If you have a state like s that that is guaranteed according to quantum mechanical formulas.
To give a certain result.
If you check the spin in a certain direction.
then we say we we can say that is say x spin up.
That particle is an X spin up, meaning if you orient your magnet in the X direction.
The prediction is 100% it'll be deflected up.
And it's X bin down if a hundred percent according to quantum mechanics, it's gonna go down.
Notice those are again perfect predictions.
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