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#1 2006-02-25 20:46:45

socratus
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Registered: 2005-12-04
Posts: 42

Situation in the physics.

A simple question:
can "material entities", like photon, electron, atom
exist in two different "states of reality":
1)
"wave" - a "non-local" state  that has no specific location,
can be more than one place at a time,
and  transform instantaneously into a particle; or
2)
"particle" - a "local" state of substance that must
occupies a specific location at a specific time,
must travel at a speed less than the speed of light and
may change back into a wave.
3)
Somebody said that "material entities" are really just "states of
information" -  but then, information about "what" known by "who"?
4)
However, if science is going to talk about the "nature of reality" using
the "silly ideas" expressed in QM theory, then religion and philosophy
certainly has an equal justification for talking about the "nature of
reality" using "silly ideas" like souls, spirits, and life after death.
5)
Physics are just a set of theories trying to explain phenomena.
Thus they can change with time.
Mathematics only the support of physics.
But mathematics by itself is incomplete  (refer to Kurt Gedel's famous theorem).
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It is not my article.
It is a part from clause of a scientist, which name I have forgotten.
But this clause is not unique.
There are many articles like this.

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#2 2006-02-25 22:53:09

Chris
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From: Longwood University
Registered: 2004-09-30
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Re: Situation in the physics.

socratus wrote:

However, if science is going to talk about the "nature of reality" using
the "silly ideas" expressed in QM theory, then religion and philosophy
certainly has an equal justification for talking about the "nature of
reality" using "silly ideas" like souls, spirits, and life after death.

Science doesn't "talk about" the "nature" of reality. Science only describes and attempts to model observed behavior. Quantum Mechanics is not a philosophical or religious theory. It is a mathematically based model that does a pretty decent job of predicting observed behavior.

Interpretations of the metaphysical implications of QM or any scientific work are philosophical/religious in nature. Once you leave to realm of the observable, you leave the realm of science.


Chemists are physicists who don't do math. smile

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