The weirdness of quantum mechanics forces scientists to confront philosophy
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Re: The weirdness of quantum mechanics forces scientists to confront philosophy
#2Rather overstated. How you perceive the wavefunction has no bearing on how it works.
But it is a valid to be concerned about quantum woo which deliberately misapplies quantum mechanics to macroscopic ones and even the idea of consciousness, all of which is total bullshit.
I have a distant relative who is a religious fundamentalist who thinks that quantum mechanics means that his belief about the veracity of a faith claim is in fact the determinant of its truth. No surprise he likes Jordan Peterson.
Re: The weirdness of quantum mechanics forces scientists to confront philosophy
#3Rather overstated. How you perceive the wavefunction has no bearing on how it works. But it is a valid to be concerned about quantum woo which deliberately misapplies quantum mechanics to macroscopic ones and even the idea of consciousness, all of which is total bullshit. I have a distant relative who is a religious fundamentalist who thinks that quantum mechanics means that his belief about the veracity of a faith c…
I mean, it’s not ridiculous to posit a relationship between quantum mechanics and consciousness. Even Einstein and Bohr debated whether or not the moon exists when one is not looking at it.