So if a tree falls in the middle of the woods but there is no one to hear it fall does it make a sound? So goes the well known philosophical question, but who knew that it was also a part of physics. Obviously we know that it would because regards if anyone was there to hear it, the wood cracking of trees and the falling onto other trees or the ground would make sound.
But according to "Spooky Physics", quantum mechanics and to objective reality, no. If there is no one there to "measure" the sound of the falling tree by hearing it then it does not exist. And even though we might say "well there is always a noise" a physicist might reply with, there is always the probability that it will make a noise but not always 100 percent certainty. Einstein was deeply troubled by this theory. He had believed that the way the world is perceived is the way that it has always been perceived and will all be perceived, of course unless something drastic happened that changes the face of the planet. But essentially he thought that the world he lived in was just that the same to all and the possibility that it could change because perception is a probability instead of a concept was something he could not embrace. As he said, "He (God) does not throw dice", it is not a matter of ifs, ands or buts, it just is.
And although current science might believe in objective reality, I cannot agree. Because everything that has ever been studied and everything that we know is for the most part based upon observations and our senses telling us that things are constant. That rain will be wet, above me is the sky and below me is Earth, how can I believe that it can be different, if it is always the same thing I see and experience. And that would mean that everything I ever learned might be wrong.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
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