Quantum Physics Fairy Tale

[ktlight]

From David Harriman's course "The Philosophic Corruption of Physics". For everyone who says he doesn't know what he's talking about, he has a graduate degree in physics.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aow8hVpdSHQ

[MariaDine]

Dr David Harriman's "Philosophical Corruption of Physics" http://www.monorealism.com/qm/quantum-debates.html

«At the Lyceum Summer '97 Objectivist Conference, David Harriman presented a course on "The Philosophic Corruption of Physics", a version of which is available from Ayn Rand Bookstore.
One thing he showed was the strong influence, on the development of quantum mechanics, of the philosophy championed by Ernst Mach.

This held that all physics could and should do is describe the relationships between appearances, which are all reality is.

The final effect of this was the belief that "matter is just an image in our mind": a belief which pre-dated quantum mechanics. Rather than being a logical consequence of quantum mechanics, as claimed by its proponents, this was actually the assumption behind their subjectivist interpretations.

In discussions after this course, the interpretation of quantum mechanics I have described above -- that quanta are waves while travelling, yet are absorbed as discrete packets -- was criticized on the basis that it violated "locality".

That is, information about that absorption (or whatever other "quantum" interaction we are concerned with) must somehow be "made known" to the rest of the wave at faster than the speed of light.

However, that violation of locality, first proposed in Bell's Theorem and subsequently apparently confirmed in lab experiments, appears to be an experimental fact, even over distances greater than 10 km (see Science 277:481 (1997)).

Dr Harriman's interpretation of Bell's Theorem was that it could be explained by the instruments influencing the results.

However, my understanding of the recent results indicate that faster-than-light transmission of information on the quantum states would still be required even then. (Note that this violation of locality still does not allow communication at speeds faster than light, as you have no control over the quantum correlations involved; also note that Little's Theory of Elemental Waves purports to provide an explanation for the results without violating locality). (Note added November 2001: Subsequent to the above events, Dr Harriman has criticised Dr Lewis Little's Theory of Elemental Waves (see below) on the grounds that locality is indeed violated).

Therefore, I stand by the interpretation of quantum mechanics proposed above. Whether and when the structures of quantum waves "break down", so that, for example, the two "far ends" of the wave are no longer part of the same wave, and their quantum interactions are no longer correlated, is another matter, and something that can be answered only by future scientific inquiry. But for the present, I see no contradiction between the science of quantum mechanics and the absolutism of reality.»

[MariaDine]

He doen't understand the theory of »chance». :)
I have no patience for ignorant people.

A video to forget.

Namasté

For beginners

Read here- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability

The word probability (chance, like the man in the video says,) does not have a consistent direct definition.

In fact, there are two broad categories of probability interpretations, whose adherents possess different (and sometimes conflicting) views about the fundamental nature of probability:

1. Frequentists talk about probabilities only when dealing with experiments that are random and well-defined.

The probability of a random event denotes the relative frequency of occurrence of an experiment's outcome, when repeating the experiment. Frequentists consider probability to be the relative frequency "in the long run" of outcomes.

2. Bayesians, however, assign probabilities to any statement whatsoever, even when no random process is involved.

Probability, for a Bayesian, is a way to represent an individual's degree of belief in a statement, or an objective degree of rational belief, given the evidence.

Probability theory is the branch of mathematics concerned with analysis of random phenomena.

The central objects of probability theory are random variables, stochastic processes, and events: mathematical abstractions of non-deterministic events or measured quantities that may either be single occurrences or evolve over time in an apparently random fashion.

If an individual coin toss or the roll of a die is considered to be a random event, then if repeated many times the sequence of random events will exhibit certain patterns, which can be studied and predicted.

..............which means, - pay atencion-INCERTANTY can be calculated . So. we get a result ,i.e, the variation is translated in a percentage, ----1º/o 3º/o etc ,

Two representative mathematical results describing such patterns are the law of large numbers and the central limit theorem.

As a mathematical foundation for statistics, probability theory is essential to many human activities that involve quantitative analysis of large sets of data.

Methods of probability theory also apply to descriptions of complex systems given only partial knowledge of their state, as in statistical mechanics.

A great discovery of twentieth century physics was the probabilistic nature of physical phenomena at atomic scales, described in quantum mechanics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability_theory

[MariaDine]

The theory explains a process of continuous change that gives us the probability of Quantum Physics and the uncertainty of everyday life. This is a universal process that we see and feel as the forward passage of time. It also forms the infinities that we have in mathematics and Quantum Electrodynamics.

This theory is based on two simple postulates,

1) The first is that the quantum wave particle function explained by Schrödinger's wave equation represents the forward passage of time or arrow of time itself photon by photon, quanta by quanta or moment by moment.

2) The second is that Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle that is formed by the wave function is the same uncertainty that we have with any future event.

Modern physics has no understanding of why we have an arrow of time or a future and a past. But time in this theory is a continuous process forming the future geometry of spacetime; time is the hidden variable of quantum mechanics.

In Quantum Atom Theory the atoms interact with light wave of EMR continuously collapsing the quantum wave particle function forming photons that form electrical charge that in turn form electromagnetic fields in three dimensions.

We have probability propagating according to the laws of cause and effect. This gives us a coherent physical interpretation of Quantum Physics. Objects will form their own spacetime geometry relative to their energy or mass. They will also form the uncertainty of their own future potential as time unfolds

The Planck constant h is a constant of action within the geometry of spacetime forming part of a physical process that forms an independent objective reality that we can interact with forming the possible into the actual.

We see and feel this as the forward passage of time and as the uncertainty and probability of everyday life. We see a temporary image of our Universe moment by moment continuously changing made up of an infinite number of photons a kind of dance of creation.

This theory might sound child-like but it is based on the Correspondence Principle and has a one-to-one correspondence between an element of the theory and an element of reality. It can also place Euler's identity at the centre of a physical process that is part of an objective reality.


Namasté

[MariaDine]

Process of Uncertanty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT7xJ0tjB4A&feature=related

[MariaDine]

What is quantum mechanics?

Simply put, quantum mechanics is the study of matter and radiation at an atomic level.

Why was quantum mechanics developed?

In the early 20th century some experiments produced results which could not be explained by classical physics (the science developed by Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, etc.). For instance, it was well known that electrons orbited the nucleus of an atom. However, if they did so in a manner which resembled the planets orbiting the sun, classical physics predicted that the electrons would spiral in and crash into the nucleus within a fraction of a second. Obviously that doesn't happen, or life as we know it would not exist. (Chemistry depends upon the interaction of the electrons in atoms, and life depends upon chemistry). That incorrect prediction, along with some other experiments that classical physics could not explain, showed scientists that something new was needed to explain science at the atomic level.

If classical physics is wrong, why do we still use it?

Classical physics is a flawed theory, but it is only dramatically flawed when dealing with the very small (atomic size, where quantum mechanics is used) or the very fast (near the speed of light, where relativity takes over). For everyday things, which are much larger than atoms and much slower than the speed of light, classical physics does an excellent job. Plus, it is much easier to use than either quantum mechanics or relativity (each of which require an extensive amount of math).

[MariaDine]

And now Quantum electrodinamics...LOL :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8R4Tz_vKEE

[Alien Ramone]

Didn't Einstein come up with ideas to try to prove that "God" doesn't play at dice, but every time related experiments were tried, they showed the opposite. I wonder what exactly Harriman is thinking. Is he thinking that beyond what we can currently measure there are physical laws that don't include chance? Does he think the old idea is correct that everything is predetermined, because everything is based on cause and affect? If that's what he is saying, he is just guessing, because there are supposedly currently no experiments that can show that at the quantum level.

Currently a lot of people in the alternative community are thinking that there are multiple time lines based on probabilities. It's unclear whether a different universe for every possible outcome exists, just certain ones exist, or a specific number exist. It's unclear whether time travel to the past creates additional time lines thus complete new universes. It's unclear whether consciousness is necessary for a universe to exist. In the alternative community there are ideas related to other planes of existence or dimensions where information can travel instantly. There are ideas about the duality between the "physical" and the spiritual being a part of the physics of the way things work. Current science is barely able to even touch those subjects right now.

[nomadguy]

the thinking mind does not have the capability to conceive the reality of true physics of this universe.
You have to work to open your heart. Heart has it's own intelligence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-yv4A8fWNA