#quantum

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The myth of quantum consciousness sits well with many whose egos have made it impossible for them to accept the insignificant place science perceives for humanity, as modern instruments probe the farthest reaches of space and time. ... quantum consciousness has about as much substance as the aether from which it is composed. Early in this century, quantum mechanics and Einstein’s relativity destroyed the notion of a holistic universe that had seemed within the realm of possibility in the century just past. First, Einstein did away with the aether, shattering the doctrine that we all move about inside a universal, cosmic fluid whose excitations connect us simultaneously to one another and to the rest of the universe. Second, Einstein and other physicists proved that matter and light were composed of particles, wiping away the notion of universal continuity. Atomic theory and quantum mechanics demonstrated that everything, even space and time, exists in discrete bits – quanta. To turn this around and say that twentieth century physics initiated some new holistic view of the universe is a complete misrepresentation of what actually took place. ... The myth of quantum consciousness should take its place along with gods, unicorns, and dragons as yet another product of the fantasies of people unwilling to accept what science, reason, and their own eyes tell them about the world.


Victor J. Stenger


#consciousness #holistic #myth #new-age #physics

The scientists often have more unfettered imaginations than current philosophers do. Relativity theory came as a complete surprise to philosophers, and so did quantum mechanics, and so did other things.


Robert Nozick


#complete #current #did #imaginations #mechanics

Those who are not shocked when they first come across quantum theory cannot possibly have understood it.


Niels Bohr


#physics #quantum #reality #science #strange

Einstein said that if quantum mechanics were correct then the world would be crazy. Einstein was right - the world is crazy.


Daniel M. Greenberger


#quantum-mechanics #science #science

I wouldn't have thought that a wrong theory should lead us to understand better the ordinary quantum field theories or to have new insights about the quantum states of black holes.


Edward Witten


#better #black #black holes #field #holes

Quantum mechanics brought an unexpected fuzziness into physics because of quantum uncertainty, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.


Edward Witten


#brought #fuzziness #into #mechanics #physics

There was a long history of speculation that in quantum gravity, unlike Einstein's classical theory, it might be possible for the topology of spacetime to change.


Edward Witten


#classical #einstein #gravity #history #long

According to the standard model billions of years ago some little quantum fluctuation, perhaps a slightly lower density of matter, maybe right where we're sitting right now, caused our galaxy to start collapsing around here.


Seth Lloyd


#ago #around #billions #caused #collapsing

Similarly, another famous little quantum fluctuation that programs you is the exact configuration of your DNA.


Seth Lloyd


#configuration #dna #exact #famous #fluctuation

I mean, we're really making a quantum change in our relationship to the plant world with genetic modification.


Michael Pollan


#genetic #i #making #mean #modification