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Study: There may be no such thing as objective reality
Everyone is entitled to their own facts. That's not an opinion. At least, according to a new quantum mechanics study.
What we view as objective reality – the idea that what we can observe, measure, and prove is real and those things we cannot are theoretical or imaginary – is actually a subjective reality that we either unravel, create, or dis-obfuscate by the simple act of observation.
A smarter way of putting it can be found in the aforementioned study, "Experimental test of nonlocal causality" conducted by lead author Martin Ringbauer and an international team of physicists and researchers:
Explaining observations in terms of causes and effects is central to empirical science. However, correlations between entangled quantum particles seem to defy such an explanation. This implies that some of the fundamental assumptions of causal explanations have to give way.
Also at The Conversation
(Score: 2) by choose another one on Monday November 18 2019, @08:17PM (1 child)
You could, but it would be unbelievably stupid to make that claim in a universe where you can get video/image/text results for "albino crow" from Google in under two seconds.
Therefore, you must inhabit a different universe to me, which is clear proof of macro quantum effects on reality as claimed in the summary, or maybe of something else.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY_r5Re8gjE [youtube.com] - white crow in my universe, probably 404 in yours...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 18 2019, @11:05PM
Interestingly, you proved GP's point for him. He stated (as you quoted) that he *could* make such a claim. However, no such claim was made. Your "point" (whether through ignorance or a *failed* attempt at snark) was that he would be foolish to make such a claim, since his argument boils down to "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence," which is objectively true -- as you made perfectly clear.
I suggest reading some Descartes, friend.