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anon (7 hours ago) [-]
I'm obviously posting as anon for this question:
So that first article about quantum mechanics apparently has some application in computers. If you can observe atoms, then you stop their motion. Who is going to be watching the computers? Does it have to be a human, or can it be an animal, or an insect? Does the thing observing have o be alive, or have a consciousness? Can you trick the atoms into thinking they're being watched?
So that first article about quantum mechanics apparently has some application in computers. If you can observe atoms, then you stop their motion. Who is going to be watching the computers? Does it have to be a human, or can it be an animal, or an insect? Does the thing observing have o be alive, or have a consciousness? Can you trick the atoms into thinking they're being watched?
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xtnega ONLINE (1 hour ago) [-] In quantum mechanics 'observing' just mean measuring. So, in most cases, physicists hit things with photons to determine their position and momentum. As it turns out, if you shoot enough photons at your particles of interest, they are more likely to obey the laws of classical mechanics. Rates of Quantum tunnelling dramatically reduced, but the articles don't actually state that the atoms stop moving or anything.
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renacava ONLINE (6 hours ago) [-] that's the question, wtf is up with consciousness and is it defined by its ability to observe?
either that, or it's using instruments to measure the atoms that interferes with them, eg: light hits the electrons in metals making them bounce around, which means that all we see is bouncing around electrons but the electrons are naturally not bouncing, it's the act of shining a light on it to observe it that changes its results... or something
i dunno man i read like one tiny book on quantum theory in 8th grade, **** , where's sciencexplain
tho i do think that guy, Bohr, he tried to figure out wtf is up with conscious observers being the trigger for that quantum **** we keep talking about... but i dont think people really cared much back then tho
either that, or it's using instruments to measure the atoms that interferes with them, eg: light hits the electrons in metals making them bounce around, which means that all we see is bouncing around electrons but the electrons are naturally not bouncing, it's the act of shining a light on it to observe it that changes its results... or something
i dunno man i read like one tiny book on quantum theory in 8th grade, **** , where's sciencexplain
tho i do think that guy, Bohr, he tried to figure out wtf is up with conscious observers being the trigger for that quantum **** we keep talking about... but i dont think people really cared much back then tho
