If time exists, where is it? It seems logical to say that if time is only a belief and nothing more, based on the fact of change. Change occurs, but I don't believe time is there as a part of the physical universe, because if that were the case, then how could anything move?
And then consider...
Hahaha yes yes, of course :P
And that is true, but only if you consider time to exist and then to actually be linear. Perhaps linear time is a psychological/neurological imposition due to the way we process information?
Thank you for the reply, atyy.
One problem I have heard about with MWI is the fact that due to the incredible amount of quantum events occurring every second, the universe would be infinitely splitting up in order to actualize every possibility. Were this the case of what is happening, the...
If we examine the properties of consciousness, in every way it is non-physical, therefore to depend on a purely physical system to give rise to a non-physical property doesn't make sense... Unless our idea of physicality is wrong, i.e. consciousness is a fundamental aspect of physical...
I am not conflating observer with consciousness. It is my understanding that you are saying a measurement device acts as an "observer" as well. My confusion originated from the fact that this object, I would think, would become suspended in superposition AS WELL until it was observed BY...
I suppose that is common sense in any REGULAR system, I just thought that if one were to introduce something new to a quantum system, that the "fuzziness" (for lack of a more academic term) would then be transferred to the new elements as well, thereby creating a bigger system of the same...
Alrighty, thanks for the replies.
It confuses me how introducing an object that is made, fundamentally, of the same "stuff" as particles would somehow count as an observation simply because it is large.
It seems that this "interaction" would just become part of the system. It's not like...
Okay thank you. I wasn't aware that the concept was abandoned early in the history of QM, I suppose popular literature truly HAS screwed me over.
So if you could just supply a quick answer to this question, and that will cease my asking until I do more research: What is the name of the...
Right right that makes complete sense, thank you. So then, thus far, despite a lot of claims, it is not that physics has shown that consciousness is not required, due to the fact that it's a negative. What it has shown, however, is that everything, including quantum mechanics, works without it...
But how do you know that? That's what I can't understand. All I am looking for is irrefutable experimental evidence that absolutely shows that consciousness is, or is not, necessary for the existence of the physical universe. It seems that many physicists believe that consciousness - despite...
There is soooo much misinformation out there that for the non-physicist, it is difficult to know whether to trust one source or not.
So, one thing I do not understand is, based on what I've read, how QM does or does not require consciousness. It seems a debate that has been going on almost...
What are your opinions on this book? I know that many physicists like to present even the experimental results of quantum mechanics in a distorted way; does this book do so?
All I am looking for is a resource where I can learn, in layman's terms for now, about quantum mechanics. I don't want to...