[Lokutus]

Interesting article in today's NYTimes on QP.


Anton Zeilinger of the University of Vienna said that he thought, "The world is not as real as we think.

"My personal opinion is that the world is even weirder than what quantum physics tells us," he added.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/27/science/27eins.html

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lokutus', '
')Anton Zeilinger of the University of Vienna said that he thought, "The world is not as real as we think.

"My personal opinion is that the world is even weirder than what quantum physics tells us," he added.

[Jenab6]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lokutus', 'A')nton Zeilinger of the University of Vienna said that he thought, "The world is not as real as we think.

[Free]

I still think that Heisenbergs "Unschärferelation", i.e. the dictum that the Observer of an experiment is always influencing an experiment (or more precise: You can't now both "position" and "movement" (impuls) of a quantum at the same time) - is one of the most profound principles we will ever get to know.

Similar to the Goedel - Theorem, that you can't "step outside" a logical theorem, because it's always part of the theorem.

Also related to other phenomens and paradoxa like the "Moebius-Loop". I think the book "Goedel-Escher-Bach" is very much about this kind of phenomena...

In the end it means we can't know shit about our universe because we are part of it. Both frightening and inspiring.