Thread: People who know about Quantum Mechanics/Physics/Thoery Please come here

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

I am not a physicist, but I am pretty certain that some of the major principles of quantum physics, such as the Uncertainty Principle and non-determinism, are illogical notions. It appears that quantum physics is to science what left wing ideology is to politics. It is a mass of rationalizations away from reality that allow certain people to pretend that they are extra-intellectual when really they are just extra-dishonest. Watch what happens to the field of physics over the next few decades. I predict that bullshit will be called and proven in our lifetimes.

Most of the people that really understand quantum mechanics would agree with you that it is/seems illogical. The famous Niels Bohr quote, “If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet” exemplifies that. I'd also like to point out (as I believe I have before) that few or no scientists who study quantum mechanics make the claim that reality is fundamentally uncertain, but only that the way in which we are capable of interacting with reality on the quantum level is fundamentally uncertain. Does it not make sense to you that in order to observe something, one must interact with it, and to interact with something changes it?

I'm also not exactly saying that reality itself necessarily isn't uncertain, only that no one really makes any claims about it one way or the other because it is impossible to know.

I'd like to ask you though, why is it that you seem to accept the evidence for things like evolution, and really all other aspects of science, but disregard the evidence behind quantum mechanics? Do you agree with general relativity, which also seems illogical to the casual observer?