The weirdness of quantum mechanics forces scientists to confront philosophy(bigthink.com)

2 pointsby milsorgenvor 3 Jahren2 comments

The weirdness of quantum mechanics forces scientists to confront philosophy

https://bigthink.com/13-8/quantum-mechanics-philosophy/

2 comments

Rather 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.

orgels_revengevor 3 Jahren

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.