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asked 8 years ago

Hello Rabbi,
A. Why does a theory like “Schrodinger’s Cat” not contradict the Rabbi’s words about the problematic nature of the “unity of opposites” theory?
B. Doesn’t quantum theory help resolve the question of “the rationality of the world”? You proposed the solution of “ideological vision,” but perhaps it is also possible to propose the opposite – the world changes according to human consciousness and therefore everything is appropriate?

Thanks in advance.

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מיכי Staff answered 8 years ago

A. These are not my words. The unity of opposites (in the sense of a logical contradiction) is a meaningless concept. Schrödinger’s cat does not contradict this because it does not involve a logical contradiction. The cat is in a superposition of alive and dead, but it is not correct to say that it is both alive and dead. In a borrowed way, it can be said that it is half alive and half dead (and not both alive and dead). B. Even in quantum theory, it is not clear that consciousness changes reality. The concept of measurement there is still unclear. Beyond that, quantum theory deals only with the micro. The solution you proposed is essentially the Kantian solution. It’s not that measurement changes the world, but that the world is painted in the colors of the measurer. There is also an idealistic solution. To those who see one of these – to their health. It doesn’t seem so to me.

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יהודה replied 5 years ago

Hello,

What does the borrowed description “half alive, half dead” mean?

I understand that there is a probabilistic wave function here that will collapse into one of the possibilities when the observation/measurement is made.

If so, what does this mean? What is the cat's live/dead state?

מיכי Staff replied 5 years ago

The cat is not in a state of death or life. It is a state of a wave function, not of a cat. The cat is created when there is a collapse, and then it is either alive or dead.

הפוסק האחרון replied 5 years ago

Rabbi Michi, you are trying to dance about two weddings at the same time. Your argument is in a state of superposition. (This in itself proves that there is a logical contradiction)

On the one hand, you use language and say that superposition is not a contradictory state. (And this is true because it is a description in language)
And on the other hand, you claim that there is no logical contradiction in nature. (How do you prove this? From language?)

So you decide, either logic applies only to language and then the argument “there is a logical contradiction in nature” has no meaning.
Or logic applies to nature and then superposition is a contradictory state.