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* The first recorded thoughts on [[Quantum Reality]] are from Democritus writing about 400 BC and reported to us by Aristotle and Diogenes who has written that "his principal doctrines were these. That atoms and the vacuum were the beginning of the universe; and that everything else existed only in opinion."<ref>Diogenes Laërtius, ''Democritus'' Vol. IX, 44</ref> | * The first recorded thoughts on [[Quantum Reality]] are from Democritus writing about 400 BC and reported to us by Aristotle and Diogenes who has written that "his principal doctrines were these. That atoms and the vacuum were the beginning of the universe; and that everything else existed only in opinion."<ref>Diogenes Laërtius, ''Democritus'' Vol. IX, 44</ref> | ||
| + | * The idea that mathematical objects exist in a separate, timeless world is often associated with Plato. He taught that when mathematics speaks of a triangle, it is not any tangle in the world but an ideal triangle, which is just as real (and even more so) but exists in another realm, one outside time.The theorem that the angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees is not precisely true of any real triangle in our physical world, but is absolutely and precisely true in that ideal mathematical triangle existing in the mathematical world. Proving the theorem gives us knowledge of something that exists outside of time and our real-world space.<ref name="smolin" /> | ||
* Aristotle himself was the source of all wisdom for many centuries. The space defined by Aristotle. the enumeration of what surrounds each thing is called "relative apparent and common". It is absurd to talk about empty space because space is just the spacial ordering of things. If there are no things, there is no space. He would never say a glass is empty, it is full of air. | * Aristotle himself was the source of all wisdom for many centuries. The space defined by Aristotle. the enumeration of what surrounds each thing is called "relative apparent and common". It is absurd to talk about empty space because space is just the spacial ordering of things. If there are no things, there is no space. He would never say a glass is empty, it is full of air. | ||
| − | * Newton called his space "absolute, true and mathematical.<ref>Carlo Rovelli, ''The Order of Time'', ISBN 9780735216105</ref> Space wasn't a thing, it was just a mathematical abstraction that allowed him to create his breakthrough calculus and the two foundational formulas of physics for the origin and action of gravity and force. | + | * Newton called his space "absolute, true and mathematical.<ref name="rovelli">Carlo Rovelli, ''The Order of Time'', ISBN 9780735216105</ref> Space wasn't a thing, it was just a mathematical abstraction that allowed him to create his breakthrough calculus and the two foundational formulas of physics for the origin and action of gravity and force. |
| − | * Leibniz, at the same time as Newton, stated his Principle of Sufficient Reason. Namely God would not do anything without a reason for doing so. As a consequence, absolute space was impossible. We will see similar ideas in later developments that do not depend on God's will. "Leibniz had a vision of a world in which everything lives not i space but immersed in a network of relationships. These relationships define space, not the reverse."<ref>Lee Smolin, ''Time Reborn'' 2013 ISBN 9780547511726</ref> | + | * Leibniz, at the same time as Newton, stated his Principle of Sufficient Reason. Namely God would not do anything without a reason for doing so. As a consequence, absolute space was impossible. We will see similar ideas in later developments that do not depend on God's will. "Leibniz had a vision of a world in which everything lives not i space but immersed in a network of relationships. These relationships define space, not the reverse."<ref name="smolin">Lee Smolin, ''Time Reborn'' 2013 ISBN 9780547511726</ref> |
==Solutions== | ==Solutions== | ||
Revision as of 16:25, 18 April 2024
Full Title or Meme
Quantum Reality describes an oxymoron, only Classical Physical Descriptions are about reality.
Context
- The first recorded thoughts on Quantum Reality are from Democritus writing about 400 BC and reported to us by Aristotle and Diogenes who has written that "his principal doctrines were these. That atoms and the vacuum were the beginning of the universe; and that everything else existed only in opinion."[1]
- The idea that mathematical objects exist in a separate, timeless world is often associated with Plato. He taught that when mathematics speaks of a triangle, it is not any tangle in the world but an ideal triangle, which is just as real (and even more so) but exists in another realm, one outside time.The theorem that the angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees is not precisely true of any real triangle in our physical world, but is absolutely and precisely true in that ideal mathematical triangle existing in the mathematical world. Proving the theorem gives us knowledge of something that exists outside of time and our real-world space.[2]
- Aristotle himself was the source of all wisdom for many centuries. The space defined by Aristotle. the enumeration of what surrounds each thing is called "relative apparent and common". It is absurd to talk about empty space because space is just the spacial ordering of things. If there are no things, there is no space. He would never say a glass is empty, it is full of air.
- Newton called his space "absolute, true and mathematical.[3] Space wasn't a thing, it was just a mathematical abstraction that allowed him to create his breakthrough calculus and the two foundational formulas of physics for the origin and action of gravity and force.
- Leibniz, at the same time as Newton, stated his Principle of Sufficient Reason. Namely God would not do anything without a reason for doing so. As a consequence, absolute space was impossible. We will see similar ideas in later developments that do not depend on God's will. "Leibniz had a vision of a world in which everything lives not i space but immersed in a network of relationships. These relationships define space, not the reverse."[2]
Solutions
- Time is just a stream of events.
- Causality is always just probabilistic.
- Coincidence is just events that are near by in time and space.
- The speed of light is an upper bound for determining coincidence.
References
- ↑ Diogenes Laërtius, Democritus Vol. IX, 44
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lee Smolin, Time Reborn 2013 ISBN 9780547511726
- ↑ Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time, ISBN 9780735216105
