Double slit experiment
Could reality be an illusion that our consciousness creates? Does consciousness create the material world?
Before answering these questions, it is important to note that “reality” is not just made up of tiny physical pieces. Molecules are made of atoms, atoms are made of subatomic particles like proton and electron, which are 99.99999% empty space. They, in turn, are made up of quarks, which appear to be part of a superstring field, which is made up of vibrating strings of energy.
We interact with the world of physical objects, but in reality these are just electrical signals that our brain interprets. In the smallest limits and on the fundamental scales of nature, the idea of "physical reality" does not exist.
As the Nobel laureate, the father of quantum mechanics, Niels Bohr said, “everything that we call real consists of things that cannot be considered real. If quantum mechanics has not completely shocked you yet, you do not understand it well."
When you clap your hands, in fact, empty space just touches even more empty space with a light touch of the energy spin of tiny particles. The particles that make up the substance have absolutely no physical structure.
This is important to understand, because if we think of the world of quantum physics as the world of bowling balls and planets, the idea that consciousness creates reality makes no sense. But if we understand that reality is a cosmic soup of non-localized energy and simple space, it becomes obvious that our thoughts and signals that the brain registers have the same properties on their scales.
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Consciousness is one of the most difficult tasks of science. There is no way to explain how something like material, chemical and physical processes lead to something as immaterial as experience. There is no explanation as to why subjective experience exists at all and why sensitivity has developed. Nature will feel just as good without subjectivity, and when we begin to scientifically investigate the origin and physics of consciousness, we come to the conclusion that perhaps consciousness and reality are not separated as much as the science of matter suggests.
Here are a few principles of quantum mechanics from The Self-Aware Universe, written by a former professor of theoretical physics who taught for 30 years at the University of Oregon, Dr. Amit Gozwami:
- A quantum object (like an electron) can be in more than one place at one time. It can be measured as a wave spread out in space and can be located at several different points throughout the wave. This is called the property of the wave.
- A quantum object ceases to exist here and spontaneously appears there without moving in space. This is known as quantum transition. This is essentially a teleport.
- The manifestation of one quantum object, caused by our observations, spontaneously affects the associated twin object, regardless of how far away it is. Knock an electron and a proton out of the atom. Whatever happens to the electron, the same will happen to the proton. This is called "quantum action at a distance."
- A quantum object cannot manifest itself in ordinary space-time until we observe it as a particle. Consciousness destroys the wave function of the particle.
The last point is interesting in that without a conscious observer who makes the wave collapse, it will remain without physical manifestation.
Observation not only disturbs the measured object, it produces an effect. This was verified by the so-called double-slit experiment, where the presence of a conscious observer changes the behavior of an electron, transforming it from a wave to a particle. The so-called observer effect completely overwhelms what we know about the real world.
The results of this experiment were published in the journal Nature. Basically, it all comes down to the fact that the measurement system that is used to detect the activity of a particle determines the behavior of that particle.
As scientist Dean Radin noted, “we force the electron to take a certain position. We make the measurement results ourselves. " Now it is believed that "it is not we who measure the electron, but the machine that stands behind the observation." But the car just complements our consciousness. It's like saying "it's not me who's looking at the one who swims across the lake, it's binoculars." The machine itself sees no more than a computer that can "listen" to songs by interpreting the sound signal.
Some scientists suggest that without consciousness, the universe will exist indefinitely, like a sea of quantum potential. In other words, physical reality cannot exist without subjectivity. Without consciousness there is no physical matter. This observation is known as the "anthropic principle" and was first derived by physicist John Wheeler. In fact, any possible universe that we can imagine without a conscious observer will already be with him. Consciousness is the basis of being in this case and existed, possibly, before the physical universe. Consciousness literally creates the physical world.
These findings guarantee enormous implications for how we understand our relationship with the outside world, and what kind of relationship we might have with the universe.
As living beings, we have direct access to everything and the foundation of everything physically existing. Consciousness allows us to do this.
“We create reality” means in this context that our thoughts create a perspective of what we are in our world, but if you look at it, it is important for us to accurately understand this process.
We create the physical universe with our subjectivity. The fabric of the universe is consciousness, and we are just ripples on the sea of the universe.
It turns out that we are lucky to experience the miracle of such a life, and the Universe continues to pour into us a part of its self-consciousness.