xerxes wrote:
Here's my question: If observing or measuring something we reset it, according to quantum theory, wouldn't that mean the first human or proto-human who looked up at the stars screwed us all over?
No, only the very small observations are 'changable'. At least, the way I understand Quantum Physics.
Canadian_Mind wrote:
anyways, observation is a whole another science by itself, because, are we as humans the only observers, or is every particle observing everything else?
At the time of the Big Bang, the universe was infiitely small then it began to expand. Quantum Entanglement says therefore, all particles in the universe are entangled.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglementCanadian_Mind wrote:
why ask this? well because maybe the universe is simply a soup of probabilities, and until we come into existence, those probabilities cease to exist. Maybe it is the presence of our consciousness (the observer) that brings the universe together as we see it, and changes these things we see from probability to reality.
This is known as 'collapsing the wave function'. Until we observe, all possibilities exist as a 'wave' of probabilities. Once we observe, the probabilities converge on a single outcome.
The Double Slit experiment with a single electron gives us a glimpse of this. That may be the key to understanding the universe.
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/9745http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-sli ... experimenthttp://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralI ... eSlit.htmlShepherdsDog wrote:
so human will actually can change the fabric of reality, but then again, what is reality?
If we can affect the outcome, then reality is what we decide it will be.
Canadian_Mind wrote:
Well, based on my crackpot theory, reality is the consiousness' interpretation of information supplied by the senses. The information is simply the resultant of our observation causing the universe to exist.
This is why Einstein hated Quantum Physics. Many QP's believe much the same as your crackpot theory.
PBS had a really good series on "Quantum Physics for Dummies'. Have a look:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html