David Eire
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Yes I do believe the fundamental particles of reality are not real in the traditional "realist" sense. That is, of always being "physical" at a certain place and time - such as we assume is the case with say - billiard balls. I am not alone in this belief. Scientists such as Niels Bohr, John Von Neumann, Erwin Schrodinger, John Bell, Max Planck, Henry Stapp, John Wheeler, Werner Heisenberg, and many other scientists also came to the same scientific conclusion.
So I don't feel as if I'm going to far out on a limb here. These scientists were some of the best physicists we've had in the last century. I would imagine you've heard of some of them David.
You write:
This is an interesting statement. I am curious what scientific data makes you believe matter is something objective and independent of the observer?
In fact, physicists in Australia recently conducted John Wheeler's delayed-choice thought experiment. A write-up you can find here: http://m.phys.org/news/2015-05-quantum-theory-weirdness.html
How does this experiment work if particles are not dependent on the observer? And what makes them real when an observer is not present? I am curious what makes you believe that reality is independent and actually exists when not observed. Especially given John Bell's Inequality Principle was eventually proven?
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Bertha
I don’t accept the Copenhagen Interpretation. I stand with Einstein and his intuition that QM is an incomplete theory. I would say it is an incomplete transitional theory, similar analogically to Ptolemy’s mathematical astronomy.
I am not a physicist, but even if I were I could only offer an interpretation since this is not a matter that is settled. There has always been a significant body of dissent from the Copenhagen Interpretation since its formulation.
At the common sense level it is my direct experience and intuition that assures me of the world’s existence outside and independent of my mind.
As I wrote before, what exactly the fundamental physical nature of the world and matter is remains to be known.