Deryk Barker:
>>>cello symphony = a (masterpiece) + b(miscalculation) ..
>
>I suspect Bernard intended the exclusive or operator, unless he thinks
>the CS might be both masterpiece *and* miscalculation. (I've never cared
>for it myself)
The work in question is indeed both masterpiece and miscalculation.
That is the message of quantum mechanics. So on some occasions it
will be heard as a masterpiece and on others as a miscalculation.
The probabilities of these outcomes are a squared and b squared
respectively. Remember your school quantum mechanics!!!
Bernard Chasan