Something Interesting

Some of you may know I majored in mathematics in university; I also minored in physics. One of the most interesting things I learned in physics was in a quantum mechanics class. It was Bell's Theorem. Bell's Theorem, by John Bell, tests the ideas of reality and separability. (The word locality is used more than separability, but I think separability is more representative of the concept it labels.) Reality is the idea that objects have physically real properties that are not created by observation. This means, for example, that a rock is a rock before anyone ever looks at it. Even if there is a rock far in outer space which no one has ever seen, ever, it is still a rock; it's not waiting to be observed so that it can become a rock. Separability is the idea that objects can always be separated so that what affects one does not affect the other. For example if you're in Japan and raise your right arm, this doesn't simultaneously affect me standing in America. This should be true because nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, not even information. Both of these ideas should be very intuitive. Quantum physics says they're both wrong.


Bell's Theorem was an inequality which assumed both of these ideas to be true. Then an experiment was performed based on Bell's Theorem. The experiment resulted in false information. This means, that at least one of the assumptions were wrong. (This kind of logic is call proof by contradiction.) This should be absolutely fantastically surprising. And counterintuitive. I love that word. Basically, either my observation of an object CREATES its physical properties, OR it's possible for objects at opposite sides of the universe to affect each other INSTANTANEOUSLY. So a rock is actually not a rock until someone looks at it, OR let's say you are in Japan and you raise your right arm, this could cause me, in America, to raise my right arm at the exact same time. You could even be on Mars and raise your right arm; this could still cause me in America to raise my right arm at exactly the same time. Weird, huh?


Later, a man named Henry Stapp performed an experiment similar to Bell's but left out the reality assumption. The experiment still produced false information. This means, that there is DEFINITELY NOT separability in our world, in this universe. The reality concept is still awaiting to be proven either way. So go ahead and feel free to feel... connected.


(By the way, this is all completely, factually, scientifically proven. It's not a bunch of metaphysics or new age. However, the actual implications are not as fantastic as new agers would like to imagine. The raising the right arm scenario was just an example to foster understanding, as well as the rock one. If you're interested or didn't understand this blog, I'd love to explain it more so feel free to ask me about it any time!)

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