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There's so much misinformation in the article. The two major errors are: > quantum systems don’t seem to be definite objects localized in space until we come a
by imaginenore 11y ago
There's so much misinformation in the article. The two major errors are:
> quantum systems don’t seem to be definite objects localized in space until we come along to observe them
No, that's not how it works. When physicists say "observation" in quantum mechanics, they really mean "any interaction, including molecular, photon, electron, etc".
> or when we find ourselves fooled by a perceptual illusion—we realize with a jolt that what we perceive is never the world directly, but rather our brain’s best guess at what that world is like, a kind of internal simulation of an external reality
Again, no. We built tons of devices that are independent of our senses. If they return consistent results, it means that's what reality is. And it doesn't matter if it's simulated or not, we have to deal with it, and we call it "reality".