Reply to Gao’s ”Comment on ”How to protect the interpretation of the wave function against protective measurements”
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Shan Gao (Gao 2011) recently presented a critical reconsideration of a paper I wote (Uffink 1999) on the subject of protective measurement. Here, I take the occasion to reply to his objections.
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Comment on “How to protect the interpretation of the wave function against protective measurements” by Jos Uffink
It is shown that Uffink’s attempt to protect the interpretation of the wave function against protective measurements fails due to several errors in his arguments. This comment is motivated by a recent review of my manuscript “Protective Measurement and the Meaning of the Wave Function” (Gao 2011a). The reviewer said, “the manuscript fails to deal with the most important of such objections, i.e....
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