I suspect I may not have expressed my original question very well, so I’ll give it another shot.
1. An unobserved quon is in an indeterminate state of superposition. When it is observed, measured or interacts with anything in its environment it assumes definite characteristics. This change is thermodynamically irreversible.
2. If assertion 1 is correct, once a quon has decohered, there is no going back. Photons may appear to be a special case, but I believe that is not so.
3. Decoherence can occur when one quon interacts with another. No intelligent observation or measurement is needed.
4. Given that 1-3 are correct; why have not all the quons in the Universe already succumbed to decoherence? Have they?
Are all quons that are in a state of quantum superposition artificially generated in experiments etc?
