From: Seth Lloyd < To: "Jeffrey E." <jeevacation®gmail.com> Subject: Re: Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 03:30:50 +0000 Read later email first. This is very interesting. Talk tomorrow or Tuesday? Seth On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 5:54 AM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation®gmail.com> wrote: now that my cold medicine has worn off a bit 0 . if the flip from spin up to spin down is continuous. . can the state of the electron along the way be represented by a number. are the states quantized or continuous. ie integers or number linel . is it necessary for ordinary addition to first convert states to zeros and ones and then perform a standard computation -addition. or can you perform an operation on the state itself and then look for a readout of the number. lets assume in two space . I have a circle . its cirumference is pi. if i want to measure it . i need to represent it in ordinary numbers .. but why should i , the thing i call circumference is a state. on that circumference ie. a clocks.- i draw a unit of arbitrary size and call it " ONE " measured by the degrees of rotation of my clock hand. two of the same rotations I call two units. and it is printed out on my clock. no matter the diameter of the clock , it reads two units. . so the number two is the class of all rotations of the same amount two times.. the number is only a representation . can i make the leap to say there is a state of the electron that corresponds to the number 2 , for a specific observer. . ? I loved the way you both weave history into the presentations. please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return