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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

Dear Devotees,
In this post,to the best of my capacity/understanding,
I'll try to elucidate what exactly Modern Physics is. Mind you,I'm 
not a true physicist(fundamental research in unfolding the truth) but 
come under applied physics! 

Relativity Theory does not challenge classical physics(Newton's laws 
of motion and Maxwell's electro-magnetic field laws)but completes it. 
But quantum theory vindicates(classical physics),defies (i)reality,
(ii)locality (iii)causality and (iv)determinism! Modern physics is 
based on the Copenhagen interpretation. Many believe in physical 
reality. A physical reality is a model in which any physical 
phenomena exists independent of the observer. Copenhagen 
interpretation of the above four views are given below. 

Reality:

If we have to agree with Copenhagen interpretation,then matter 
doesn't exist untill an onserver looks at it. So basically,"reality" 
is observer-created. It's the consciousness which creates the 
reality. Infact,it's taught in Quantum Mechanics course that it's the 
observer's knowledge that creates the physical result. You can come 
up with your own examples to refute the argument. Only thing is you 
need to be cautious and careful in devising suitable examples. Moon 
is not there when nobody looks at it. When a tree falls in the 
forest,the noise is not heard/no noise if there is no observer. You 
can keep on going like this. We have created the universe out of our 
consciousness(otherwise there is no universe)! Einstein was opposing 
this view till his last day. This crazy idea of Copenhagen 
Interpretation(matter doesn't exists untill an observer looks at it)
is coming from wave-particle(duality)nature of light. It behaves 
simultaneously as a wave and particle. If an observer looks at light 
as a particle,he finds a particle,if he looks at light as a wave,he 
finds a wave(ghataka sruti). So things are created by the observer's 
knowledge! Physicists used to crack jokes(plenty of jokes on many 
stuffs like this!)about light as follows:

On Mondays,Wednesdays,fridays,light behaved like particle
On Tuesdays,Thursdays,saturdays,it behaved like a wave
On Sundays it behaved like both 

Locality:

What this means is that no action on my part can affect what other 
person sees. Quantum Theory is non-local and violates light barrier. 
Light barrier is a concept/assumption in Relativity that no material 
object can travel faster-than-light speed. For example,there is a 
Enrico shop which sells three types of pizzas(Sicilian,Milanese,
Neopolitan)which delivers pizza at your doorstep in 10mnts. Assume 
that it takes 30 mnts to bake the pizza. This means that the pizza 
must be ready when I phone to order. But according to QT this is not 
the case! the shop fellow in no way can know what I'm going to order 
unless he has some telepathy and knows beforehand what I'm going to 
order. He doesn't decide to prepare the pizza after i order. So even 
before ordering,he must have the pizzas ready so that it can be 
delivered in 10 mnts. This is an example for local-ness. QT says he 
has telepathy(non-local,information travels faster than light)about 
what I'm going to order before-hand and keeps the pizza ready. Nobody 
will believe this!

Note:Physicists have concocted a dream of the possible existence of a 
particle called tachyon(faster-than-light)but so far no experimental 
evidence has been detected.

Causality:

QT is non-causal. Causality is a belief stemming from logic. What is 
logic?
A. Make an assumption
B. Prove that it leads to a confirmation/contradiction of A and hence
C. Conclude that A is true/false 

Shankara's advaita suffers from fundamental logical flaw. He assumes
1. Brahman,is self-sufficient,perfect,unconditioned and not subject 
to the subordination of illusion
2. Individuall self(Atma)and Brahman are non-differnt in every manner.
3. If two beings/things which are non-different in every conceivable
and perceivable way,then they are same
4. Atman and Brahman are non-different in every conceivable and
perceivable way
5. atman and Brahman are one and the same
6. Atman is not currently aware of his true state(non-different from
Brahman due to its temporary state of subordination to illusion.

If Shankara had stopped with 5,he would have been fine. He was in 
deep waters b'coz of his last statement which is a contradiction to 
the first. What does this say? That "MAyA/illusion" is ontologically 
superior to Brahman(Ramanuja says). Let's come back to QT. Nothing 
can be created from non-existence(causal). Everything is causally 
connected. Without a cause there is no effect. But QT says,modern 
physics doesn't require a cause. The German Physicist(founder of 
Uncertainty principle and Matrix mechanics) says:"law of causality
is no longer applied in QT". In reality(different from quantum 
reality),either the statement or the negation of the statement is 
true;only one of the two is true as per classical logic. But in 
QT,this has to be modified! How? There is a third possibility which 
is,in strange way,mixture of the two former possibilities. 

The famous Schroedinger's cat(cat is 67 yrs old and it has got twin 
daughters!)explains quantum reality and non-causality. Schroedinger 
is the founder of wave mechanics(he represents the quantum system by 
a wave). Heisenberg's matrix mechanics(he represents quantum system 
by a matrix)and wave mechanics are two different approaches of 
solving the same problem and yielding same results. There are two 
more approaches(based on copenhagen interpretation)called Dirac's 
Transformation theory and Feynmann's Path Integrals. All give the 
same results. I'll briefly explain this "cat" example. 

There is an ideally isolated system which contains a Geiger counter 
and placed near a radioactive source that emits gamma rays. the 
intensity of the rays is adjusted in such a way that in an hour,there 
is a 50% probability of the Counter to record one count. This counter 
is connected to a device,which when countoccurs,willshattera flask of 
deadly poison that would then fill the box where the cat is located.
there is a 50% probability that no count will occur leaving the box 
intact. Experimenter seals the box and leaves the system undisturbed
for an hr and at the end of the hr,Schroedinger asks: "what is the 
quantum mechanical state of the system just immediately before the 
box is opened and observation is made?" Acc. to QT,cat is half dead 
and half alive. It's only when the observer opens the box,does he 
determine the fate of the cat!

Determinism;

QT is non-deterministic,deals with statistical averages(randomness).
This uncertainty(Heisenberg and Bohr's complementarity principle is 
related to uncertainty)does not lie in our ability to measure but in 
Nature itself(nature is absurd!). Einstein sharply remarked that:"I 
can't believe that God plays dice with the universe". He totally 
disliked the fact that quantum theory implies that reality is 
observer-created. His thought experiment(subtle many people 
misunderstand incl his two collaborators)counter to Copenhagen 
interpretation was: Certain elements of reality exist in the world 
that are not described by the quantum formalism.

most of the westerners are brainwashed by the advaita theory. Lots of 
germans do research in srivaishnavism. Most of the views of 
Copenhagen interpretation reflects advaitic views. 
Einstein,Schroedinger,Dirac,Bell,Bohm were all opposing it staunchly. 
Only time can answer. Since the road to "better" interpretation of 
Copenhagen interpretation was closed for almost 4 decades,only in the 
past decade,physicists started devising sensitive instruments(no 
where near Einstein's subtle thought experiment)to either prove 
Einstein's standpoint or refute Copenhagen interpretation. Another 
important aspect of QT is there is no attribute attached to the 
reality. Before I eat apple,apple would have had the attribute of 
sweetness(irrespective of my eating or not). But QT negates it. It's 
because of my eating(observer's knowledge)that apple has got the 
attribute. So many fat books have been written on QT and one can go 
on talking. But i wanted to post it to convey the message "the 
limitation of science". You know what Einstein did with his Nobel 
Prize money? half the money went as alimony to his first wife
(Einstein was hardly earning anything even to support the family,his 
wife wasn't happy,she wanted a comfortable life and Einstein couldn't 
afford,and already they had two sons,first was mentally retarded,the 
couple separated)and the remaining half for charity. 

A quote from Einstein(more than a wonderful theoretical physicist,he 
was a great human being,he was a free spirit,was easily approachable 
by anyone without barriers):

"A human being is part of the whole(universe);a part limited in time 
and space. He experiences himself,his thoughts and feelings as 
something separated from the rest- a kind of optical delusion of his 
consciousness. This delusion is a kind of a prison for us,restricting 
us to our personal desires and affection for a few person nearest us. 
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our 
circle of compassion to "embrace" all living creatures and the whole 
of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely 
but the striving for such achievement,is in itself, a part of the 
liberation and a foundation for inner security"

Readers may wonder where I'm heading towards. But don't forget that 
Einstein was a firm believer in God. Karma on one side and Lord's 
grace on the other side!

AzhvAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar TiruvadigaLE saraNam
nappinnai





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