RE: Q about QM spookiness
July 7, 2014 at 2:49 pm
(This post was last modified: July 7, 2014 at 2:50 pm by Mudhammam.)
(July 7, 2014 at 2:41 pm)Rhythm Wrote: I''m seeing a bit of "observation" wafting - with implications to consciousness. Keep in mind, that when you see the term "observation" or observer - with regards to QM - they don't mean what we might intuitively feel that they mean. One particle can be an "observer" with regards to another particle. So any wondering of what effect consciousness might have on QM can start on very, very shaky ground.I was not aware of that. That brings a little clarity. How did they come to that? Seems like an odd application of 'observer.'
But to delve further, I would have to invoke a greater power than my own. I refer to ( a quote often attributed to) the venerable Feyman
"If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics."
Hope somebody comes along to satisfy your questions in ways that I cannot.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza