Is Schrödinger's Cat immortal? And by extension, does that mean that both you and I will live forever as well?
In the famed thought experiment devised by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935, a cat, a flask of poison, and a radioactive source are placed in a sealed box. If an internal monitor detects the radioactivity from a single atom decaying, the poison is released into the sealed box, killing the cat. But in the weird world of quantum mechanics - or more specifically in this case, the 'Copenhagen interpretation' of quantum mechanics - the cat would supposedly remain in a state of 'superposition', both alive and dead, until an observation or measurement is made by an external observer opening the box, collapsing the wavefunction - and finding the cat either alive or dead. Schrödinger did not see this as a serious possibility - instead, his thought experiment was meant to show a problem with the Copenhagen interpretation. Read more
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Showing posts with label quantum physics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quantum physics. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Does Quantum Physics Imply that We Are Immortal?
Greg Taylor explores whether quantum physics implies that we will live forever.
Monday, October 14, 2013
3 Mind-Blowing Ramifications of Quantum Entanglement
Albert Einstein referred to quantum entanglement as "spooky action at a distance." If quantum entanglement exists - and experiments seem to confirm that it does - what are the ramifications?
The following is a highly speculative article about possible future uses of quantum entanglement. If overwrought speculation bothers you, we recommend you not read it. On the other hand, if you like imagining the dazzling potentialities of quantum theory, godspeed you black emperor! Read more
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Quantum Time Machine "Allows Paradox-Free Tme Travel"
Quantum physicists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe it is possible to create a time machine which could affect the past without creating a "grandfather paradox."
Scientists have for some years been able to 'teleport' quantum states from one place to another. Now Seth Lloyd and his MIT team say that, using the same principles and a further strange quantum effect known as 'postselection', it should be possible to do the same backwards in time. Lloyd told the Technology Review: "It is possible for particles (and, in principle, people) to tunnel from the future to the past." Read moreVision Report Watch - A shocking biweekly watchdog online magazine for the minority of us interested in the non-mainstream: UFOs, conspiracies, eugenics, Bible prophecy, Nostradamus, 2012, Nephilim, and chemtrails. To get your first four editions, literally within minutes, click here.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Freaky Physics Proves Parallel Universes Exist
Could time travel be real? A group of California scientists have demonstrated that an object you can see in front of you may exist simultaneously in a parallel universe. The existence of these parallel universes is the first step towards time travel.
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Look past the details of a wonky discovery by a group of California scientists -- that a quantum state is now observable with the human eye -- and consider its implications: Time travel may be feasible. Doc Brown would be proud.
The strange discovery by quantum physicists at the University of California Santa Barbara means that an object you can see in front of you may exist simultaneously in a parallel universe -- a multi-state condition that has scientists theorizing that traveling through time may be much more than just the plaything of science
fiction writers. Read more
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