[MD] BBC IOT: THE MEASUREMENT PROBLEM IN PHYSICS

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graham smetham - measurement problem
Thanks BenI was amazed to discover how crucial 
the realization that the appearance of external 
materiality is an 'illusion' or is 
'illusion-like', the terminology differs between 
schools, was in the Mind-Only Buddhist school 
and, to a lesser extent, Madhyamaka. The 
following is from Atisha in the Book of Kadam: 
'Now I shall cast to the winds concepts of solid 
objects with mass.' It is amazing that the 
insight into the quantum nature of reality, 
although that word was obviously not used, was 
central - many Buddhists do not realize this. The 
Jonang other-emptiness school clearly had a 
conscept corresponding to the wavefunction - 'the 
element of attributes'.Best Wishes - graham

jane re Julian Wontner
I agree totally - I read that Albert Einstein 
kept a copy of 'The Secret Doctrine', which 
relates to the vedic teachings, on his desk. Such 
ancient Eastern concepts in a receptive, informed 
and imaginative Western mind, could bear fruit. 
To collate every scrap of information which might 
hold a clue or a missing link seems basic common 
sense to me....but maybe that's part of the 
problem! Train of thought.....does awarding 
scientists with Nobel prizes etc. help science or 
does it create a situation in which humble 
co-operation and truly free thinking are usurped 
by a certain, if often unconscious, self-serving 
ambition to achieve 'a result', to the detriment 
of exemplary science? I still think the point I 
made previously about understanding the 'agendas' 
of scientists is incredibly important and not 
generally accounted for at all. What a lovely and 
appreciative email from 'An American & Discovering IOT'. Best wishes

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>The most famous fruit in physics is an apple, 
>but the most famous animal in physics is a cat. 
>It belongs to Edwin Schrödinger, a theoretical 
>physicist who in the early 20th century helped 
>to develop the radical theories of Quantum 
>Mechanics. Schrödinger’s cat does not actually 
>exist ­ it is the subject of a thought 
>experiment ­ in which the rules of quantum 
>mechanics make it appear both dead and alive at the same time.
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>The problem of a cat that is both dead and alive 
>illustrates the challenges of quantum physics 
>and at the heart of this apparent absurdity is a 
>thing called the measurement problem.
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>The measurement problem arises because we don’t 
>really understand how the atoms that constitute 
>our world behave. They are fundamentally 
>mysterious to us, even shocking, and they defy 
>our attempts to measure and make sense of them. 
>Possible solutions range from the existence of 
>multiple realities to the rather more mundane 
>possibility of an error in our mathematics - but 
>a solution, if found, could transform our understanding of reality.
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