PIRSA:16060105

On Grandma Quantum's Nonexistent Wheels: The Causal Efficacy of Quantum Non-Events and their Significance

Elitzur, A. (2016). On Grandma Quantum's Nonexistent Wheels: The Causal Efficacy of Quantum Non-Events and their Significance. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/16060105

Elitzur, Avshalom. On Grandma Quantum's Nonexistent Wheels: The Causal Efficacy of Quantum Non-Events and their Significance. Perimeter Institute, Jun. 10, 2016, https://pirsa.org/16060105 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:16060105,
            doi = {10.48660/16060105},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/16060105},
            author = {Elitzur, Avshalom},
            keywords = {Quantum Foundations},
            language = {en},
            title = {On Grandma Quantum{\textquoteright}s Nonexistent Wheels: The Causal Efficacy of Quantum Non-Events and their Significance},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2016},
            month = {jun},
            note = {PIRSA:16060105 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Avshalom Elitzur

Israeli Institute for Advanced Research

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Among QM's (in)famous oddities, perhaps the most intriguing is the capability of an event that did not occur, only could have, to exert a causal effect. How can a non-event leave a trace as concrete as a detector's click? I discuss this question and a novel insight into it offered by Cohen and Elitzur's "Quantum Oblivion" (20014).