Re:Thirty Years of ‘Against Measurement’
by mellosouls on Friday December 04, 2020 @01:32PM
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I think the point was that there isn't an objective world in the classically understood sense, and our refusal to accept that since it was discovered a century ago has no bearing on the truth of it; I'm not suggesting the language and imagery were perfect, but the chair example was clearly accompanied by an equally illusory "you" sitting on it.
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There's just no contradiction. The deepening of knowledge doesnt't contradict prior observations. All hypotheses may and should be contradicted though.
Re:Thirty Years of ‘Against Measurement’
by mellosouls on Friday December 04, 2020 @05:07PM
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Quantum mechanics pretty much overturned our understanding of the world; it produced a qualitatively different world view to that of classical theories (including GR), more than just a deepening in that sense.
Depends on who is understanding or not, if they reject it.
However, evolving perspective is good as we see past assumptions, not facts, are always wrong to some extent.
Not sure how QM changed who though.
That everything is interconnected and complex, is not new logic at all. Maybe this brings artifacts across scales too. However we only observe effects. Period.
Maybe what is needed is humility.