Quantum Mechanical textbooks are often very unclear on what defines an observer. But if you where to carry out a diffraction experiment using humans, then they would have to be prepared in a state where they cannot be considered to be observers. You could ask the same question you are pondering...
Science is not a religion, and is very much based on the notion that all models are wrong, but some are usefull. You could state simply that science does not claim that which it cannot prove.
To argue that the world IS indeed in one way or another is, no matter which way you would argue, a...
Actually, in the QM description electrons can in fact have a definite position, however only when they are in such a state that the energy is completely undefined.
As fatra2 states, it has to do with the Heisenberg uncertainty.
Without diving into the math, you could say that it is...
This is not a scientific claim. Though you may hold this belief yourself, it is no more supported by evidence than the existence of an Intelligent Designer. There is a fine line between science and philosophy, and one should tread lightly when close to it
DrChinese
You have much the same attitude that most lectures have towards quantum mechanics. You defend it out side the bounds of experiments. It would not state Quantum mechanics to be false, simply based on my sceptical attitude, however I will not "accept" it simply because of the number of...
Your idea is good up to a certain point. In total resistance free environment, perpetual motion is possible, however to extract energy you need to introduce some sort of coupling to another system, which will introduce a resistance.
An equivalent fallacy would be: We can extract potential...
DrChinese: You seem to know a lot about the subject, so I hope you would answer some more questions.
When it reads "improved along with detection efficiency"? What exactly is the detection efficency, if we set up the best detectors in the world to meassure engangled states (A related question...
Typicly when people talk quantum entanglement, they bring up the example of the left and right hand gloves in two closed boxes.
You know, if you open one bos and it contains a left hand glove, "the other instantaniusly becomes a righthand". That's a very force interpretation, since in this...
If you are asking about how our brain deciphers the signals comming from the lightsensitive neutrons in our eyes... I have know idea (And I properbly got the description wrong too).
As to how we can see objects in the distance and "know" they aren't actually located 2 cms away, well we have...