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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: 3, Interesting) by HiThere on Monday November 18 2019, @05:07PM
OK. But ignoring quantum theory, the basic conclusion is still a necessary consequence of both Bayesian statistics and psychology, independently.
N.B.: This doesn't mean you get the facts you want. This doesn't mean you get the facts you fear.
On the level of Bayesian statistics another way to say this is there are various sets of conflicting priors that cannot be reconciled with any possible evidence. This has been proven to be true via mathematical analysis.
I suspect the psychological variant of this conclusion is a necessary consequence of the Bayesian statistics version, but I've no way to prove it. It is, however, a frequently observed fact. (Try arguing politics with a committed left-wing anarchist.)
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