Observer Effect
The placebo effect is in physics... And the observer effect is in medicine.
Newtonian Mechanics allows for an ideal observer who can observe without affecting the outcome.
Quantum Mechanics says the observer interacts intimately with Nature in the very act of observing.
The ACT of observing is not passive as the word observe suggests, but ACTIVE as the "act" of observing demonstates.
Its a creative process... So instead of Observer Effect, you could say Creator Effect
Newtonian Mechanics allows for an ideal observer who can observe without affecting the outcome.
Quantum Mechanics says the observer interacts intimately with Nature in the very act of observing.
The ACT of observing is not passive as the word observe suggests, but ACTIVE as the "act" of observing demonstates.
Its a creative process... So instead of Observer Effect, you could say Creator Effect
"When the province of physical theory was extended to encompass microscopic phenomena through the creation of quantum mechanics, the concept of consciousness came to the fore again. It was not possible to formulate the laws of quantum mechanics in a fully consistent way without reference to the consciousness."
Eugene Wigner
"In the beginning there were only probabilities. The universe could only come into existence if someone observed it. It does not matter that the observers turned up several billion years later. The universe exists because we are aware of it."
Martin Rees
Good Stuff
http://www.informationphilosopher.com/problems/measurement/
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Fritz London and Edmond Bauer made the strongest case for the critical role of a conscious observer in 1939:
So far we have only coupled one apparatus with one object. But a coupling, even with a measuring device, is not yet a measurement. A measurement is achieved only when the position of the pointer has been observed. It is precisely this increase of knowledge, acquired by observation, that gives the observer the right to choose among the different components of the mixture predicted by theory, to reject those which are not observed, and to attribute thenceforth to the object a new wave function, that of the pure case which he has found.We note the essential role played by the consciousness of the observer in this transition from the mixture to the pure case. Without his effective intervention, one would never obtain a new function.
(The Theory of Observation in Quantum Mechanics, Fritz London and Edmond Bauer, in Wheeler and Zurek, p.251)
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When the province of physical theory was extended to encompass microscopic phenomena, through the creation of quantum mechanics, the concept of consciousness came to the fore again: it was not possible to formulate the laws of quantum mechanics in a fully consistent way without reference to the consciousness All that quantum mechanics purports to provide are probability connections between subsequent impressions (also called "apperceptions") of the consciousness, and even though the dividing line between the observer, whose consciousness is being affected, and the observed physical object can be shifted towards the one or the other to a considerable degree [cf., von Neumann] it cannot be eliminated. It may be premature to believe that the present philosophy of quantum mechanics will remain a permanent feature of future physical theories; it will remain remarkable, in whatever way our future concepts may develop, that the very study of the external world led to the conclusion that the content of the consciousness is an ultimate reality.
(Remarks on the Mind-Body Question, Eugene Wigner, in Wheeler and Zurek, p.169)
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In physics, the term observer effect refers to changes that the act of observation will make on a phenomenon being observed.
Observer Effect in Relativity - Time, Space, Energy and Matter Relative to a Conscious Observer
Observer Effect in Quantum Physics - Consciousness Creates Reality,
Eugene Wigner
"In the beginning there were only probabilities. The universe could only come into existence if someone observed it. It does not matter that the observers turned up several billion years later. The universe exists because we are aware of it."
Martin Rees
Good Stuff
http://www.informationphilosopher.com/problems/measurement/
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Fritz London and Edmond Bauer made the strongest case for the critical role of a conscious observer in 1939:
So far we have only coupled one apparatus with one object. But a coupling, even with a measuring device, is not yet a measurement. A measurement is achieved only when the position of the pointer has been observed. It is precisely this increase of knowledge, acquired by observation, that gives the observer the right to choose among the different components of the mixture predicted by theory, to reject those which are not observed, and to attribute thenceforth to the object a new wave function, that of the pure case which he has found.We note the essential role played by the consciousness of the observer in this transition from the mixture to the pure case. Without his effective intervention, one would never obtain a new function.
(The Theory of Observation in Quantum Mechanics, Fritz London and Edmond Bauer, in Wheeler and Zurek, p.251)
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When the province of physical theory was extended to encompass microscopic phenomena, through the creation of quantum mechanics, the concept of consciousness came to the fore again: it was not possible to formulate the laws of quantum mechanics in a fully consistent way without reference to the consciousness All that quantum mechanics purports to provide are probability connections between subsequent impressions (also called "apperceptions") of the consciousness, and even though the dividing line between the observer, whose consciousness is being affected, and the observed physical object can be shifted towards the one or the other to a considerable degree [cf., von Neumann] it cannot be eliminated. It may be premature to believe that the present philosophy of quantum mechanics will remain a permanent feature of future physical theories; it will remain remarkable, in whatever way our future concepts may develop, that the very study of the external world led to the conclusion that the content of the consciousness is an ultimate reality.
(Remarks on the Mind-Body Question, Eugene Wigner, in Wheeler and Zurek, p.169)
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In physics, the term observer effect refers to changes that the act of observation will make on a phenomenon being observed.
Observer Effect in Relativity - Time, Space, Energy and Matter Relative to a Conscious Observer
Observer Effect in Quantum Physics - Consciousness Creates Reality,
Measurement Postulate In Quantum Mechanics
Postulate - Measurement Postulate
If you make a measurement and found a particle to be at a certain position x, than right after the measurement, then the wave function of the particle will be a spike at the point x. Because you know you found it at x, if that measurement is to have any meaning, you have to find get the same answer if you immediately measure it again. Initial function goes from function spread out to a spike. This is the collapse of the wave function. It goes from being able to be found anywhere to be able to be found ONLY where you found it just now. It would stay that way for long, but right after measurement it will.
The state of the system changes following the measurement. If you measure momentum, you will also get a collapse but to a spread out wave.
Double slit, it can be here or it can be there but not anywhere in particular, but if you shine a light and catch/observe it, than right after the measurement it is in front of one slit or the other.
In sum over many terms (momentum) or the region of length L, the answer you get cancels out all the other terms.
They are deleted from the wave function.
The act of measurement filters out from the sum, the one answer that you got. Collapse of the wave function.
In classical mechanics, when you measure the position or the momentum of a particle, nothing much happens. it doesn't even know you measured it. Non invasive measurements. In quantum theory, there are no such measurements. The act of measurement changes the wave function from one of many options, to the one option you got. But the answer depends on what you measure. What "question" you ask Nature.
The only answers you get in the measurement are the allowed values in the momentum.
Once you get the answer, that probably is the square of THAT coefficient.
Act of measurement tells you what state psi is in. Measurements are a way to prepare states.
In classical I measure position, than momentum, than position, I keep getting the same answers.
States of well defined x are very spiky and states of momentum are very wavy and spread out.
Quantum Computing
https://universe-review.ca/R13-11-QuantumComputing.htm#two
If you make a measurement and found a particle to be at a certain position x, than right after the measurement, then the wave function of the particle will be a spike at the point x. Because you know you found it at x, if that measurement is to have any meaning, you have to find get the same answer if you immediately measure it again. Initial function goes from function spread out to a spike. This is the collapse of the wave function. It goes from being able to be found anywhere to be able to be found ONLY where you found it just now. It would stay that way for long, but right after measurement it will.
The state of the system changes following the measurement. If you measure momentum, you will also get a collapse but to a spread out wave.
Double slit, it can be here or it can be there but not anywhere in particular, but if you shine a light and catch/observe it, than right after the measurement it is in front of one slit or the other.
In sum over many terms (momentum) or the region of length L, the answer you get cancels out all the other terms.
They are deleted from the wave function.
The act of measurement filters out from the sum, the one answer that you got. Collapse of the wave function.
In classical mechanics, when you measure the position or the momentum of a particle, nothing much happens. it doesn't even know you measured it. Non invasive measurements. In quantum theory, there are no such measurements. The act of measurement changes the wave function from one of many options, to the one option you got. But the answer depends on what you measure. What "question" you ask Nature.
The only answers you get in the measurement are the allowed values in the momentum.
Once you get the answer, that probably is the square of THAT coefficient.
Act of measurement tells you what state psi is in. Measurements are a way to prepare states.
In classical I measure position, than momentum, than position, I keep getting the same answers.
States of well defined x are very spiky and states of momentum are very wavy and spread out.
Quantum Computing
https://universe-review.ca/R13-11-QuantumComputing.htm#two
Measurement and Entanglement -Susskind
Start out in a product state between system and apparatus. Both are in definite states (apparatus neutral). Bring the system and apparatus together and they do something to each other.. they interact via forces. What is left over is an entangled state between the 2 (Many degrees of entanglement can be defined by Correlation C(A,B) = {AB} - {A}{B} = correlation coefficient (from -1 to +1).
Entanglement and measurement are the same. The nature of measurement is that it entangles the system and apparatus together. Thinking of a system by itself, you have to think about wave function collapse. And you DO have to think about systems by themselves.
We look at the appartus and see collapse, we need to include the eyeball and 2 states in the brain (I saw a 1 or a 0).
Now the system and apparatus is entangled with the eyes and brain and mind. Somebody else comes in and asks, "What did you measure?" Wigners friend.
There is a hierarchy of entanglement --> Where you decide to break the hierarchy will determine at what stage the wavefunction collapses.
You always have to imagine a hierarchy of observation --> like and onion --> Each layer gets to observe what is inside
(Cosmic Consciousness).
No sharp line between classical and quantum - even big systems have a little uncertainty.
Until you draw the line, everything is described by the laws of QM or the standard model.
It seems to disturb people (like Einstein), that you can know a lot about the system but very little about the parts.
Sense of unreality about objective reality.
Where objectively does something really happen?
Maybe we are using a classically based language where a QM language is needed.
Entanglement is the Quantum Mechanical generalization of correlation. The mathematical indication of correlation is that a probability function P(x,y) does not factorize. Corr(X,Y) = {XY} - {X}{Y} = correlation coefficient (from -1 to +1).
Locality - No Action at a distance. Forces acting or signals getting transferred.
Classical Locality experiment with Alice and Bob, give each a penny or a dime and send Alice to Alpha Centauri.
Alice sees she has a penny and instantly she knows Bob has the dime (but she can always peek). That is penny is physically there. In QM is a superposition of penny and dime and one or the other is not created until observed.
Entanglement and measurement are the same. The nature of measurement is that it entangles the system and apparatus together. Thinking of a system by itself, you have to think about wave function collapse. And you DO have to think about systems by themselves.
We look at the appartus and see collapse, we need to include the eyeball and 2 states in the brain (I saw a 1 or a 0).
Now the system and apparatus is entangled with the eyes and brain and mind. Somebody else comes in and asks, "What did you measure?" Wigners friend.
There is a hierarchy of entanglement --> Where you decide to break the hierarchy will determine at what stage the wavefunction collapses.
You always have to imagine a hierarchy of observation --> like and onion --> Each layer gets to observe what is inside
(Cosmic Consciousness).
No sharp line between classical and quantum - even big systems have a little uncertainty.
Until you draw the line, everything is described by the laws of QM or the standard model.
It seems to disturb people (like Einstein), that you can know a lot about the system but very little about the parts.
Sense of unreality about objective reality.
Where objectively does something really happen?
Maybe we are using a classically based language where a QM language is needed.
Entanglement is the Quantum Mechanical generalization of correlation. The mathematical indication of correlation is that a probability function P(x,y) does not factorize. Corr(X,Y) = {XY} - {X}{Y} = correlation coefficient (from -1 to +1).
Locality - No Action at a distance. Forces acting or signals getting transferred.
Classical Locality experiment with Alice and Bob, give each a penny or a dime and send Alice to Alpha Centauri.
Alice sees she has a penny and instantly she knows Bob has the dime (but she can always peek). That is penny is physically there. In QM is a superposition of penny and dime and one or the other is not created until observed.
Observer Effect / Consciousness
The Observer Effect in Quantum Mechanics and the Placebo Effect in Modern Medicine are really two words in two different areas of science describing the same thing:
A conscious observer/consciousness creating their reality.
Von Neumann
Wigner
Fred Alan Wolf
Amit Goswami
1. Quantum mechanics states that "nothing exists until it is measured."
2. An object can't be measured unless there is a conscious mind to measure it.
3. Therefore Quantum Mechanics implies that consciousness (God) created the universe.
The term “observer effect” in physics refers to changes that the act of observation will make on the phenomenon being observed.
In quantum theory this is sometimes referred to as the "measurement problem" and it's an enigma that has stumped, baffled, puzzled, and left physicists looking the other way at trying to understand Quantum mechanics and using it for engineering and practical purposes only.
Richard Feynman, Noble Prize winner, said, “I think I can safely say that nobody understands Quantum Mechanics”.
Behind all the uncertainty in quantum theory, the measurement problem brings consciousness to the rescue. It seems very clear that a living observer halts the randomness. That is, things exist in all possible states until a conscious observer, freezes, or pins it down to a single state. This is referred to as the collapse of the wave function. The wave function describes the probability of a quantum entity existing in certain states.
The world at large (our perception of reality) stays molded in its real and concrete state so long as conscious observers are involved. It's consciousness that creates order out of the foaming sea of quantum randomness!
In Newton's physics, there is no need for an observer. The Universe and world exists independent of us. A tree exists whether someone is watching it or not. But that is not the way the universe works according to the more accurate quantum field theory. The tree and everything in the universe exist ONLY because we observe it. Without a conscious observer the universe is only a superposition of possibilities, a sea of randomness where all possibilities exist, but no Reality is formed.
In the next section we'll introduce Quantum field theory, especially the idea of a Field being the fundamental element in the universe, not the particle. This is the basis and foundation for understanding the New Physics and the New Biology and the basis and foundation of the new science of energy medicine and PEMF therapy. We have touched on this already, but let's discuss it in a little more detail.
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Quantum Measurement
1) Quantum Systems are described by a wavefunction that encapsulates all possibilities open to the system, but measurements collapse the wavefunction and convert quantum mechanical amplitudes into classical probabilities.
2) A quantum measuring device must extract some information about the system
3) Quantum measurement causes instanteous collapse of the wavefunction everywhere, it is nonlocal.
4) Null measurements are possible... Mere presence of a quantum measuring device can collapse wavefunction.
5) Our choice in what to measure influences the future dynamics of the system
2 slit - Our choice of whether or not to measure the particle at the slit influences the subsequent reality.
Quantum Physics and Downward Causation:
Erwin Schrodinger, one of the founders of quantum physics himself wrote in the appendix of "What is Life" (1944): "Consciousness is a singular, for which there is no plural."
Nonlocal connections are a result of the unitive quantum consciousness.
Quantum Objects are waves of possibility. Waves can be at more than one place at the same time (sound source). Quantum objects spread out like waves and they have the same wavelike characteristics of having more than one facet at the same time. There only special feature is that the simultaneously occurring facets of quantum objects are POSSIBLE facets. In one observation one facet may show up, in another observation, a different facet may show up.
A choice/decision is needed to convert possibility to Actuality/Reality.
Because it is our observation of a quantum object that collapses the quantum wave of many possible facets into a unique event of actuality that we experience, we MUST say that it is our consciousness that chooses.
So in quantum physics, the agent of downward causation is recognized as the consciousness of a human being (von Neumann 1955; Goswami 1989, 1993; Stapp 1993).
Von Neumann, J. 1955. The Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Mechanics. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press.
Stapp, H.P. 1993. Mind, Matter, and Quantum Mechanics. New York: Springer.
Goswami, A. 1989. The idealist interpretation of quantum mechanics. Physics Essays 2:385-400.
Goswami, A. 1993. The Self Aware Universe: How Consciousness Creates the Material World. New York: Tarcher/Putnam.
We "choose" not from our ego consciousness, but from a unitive consciousness, call it cosmic quantum consciousness of God Consciousness.
This god consciousness is the agent of downward causation. This God consciousness is the agent of psychological transformation in transpersonal psych AND the agent of spontaneous healing (quantum healing) w/o medical interaction.
Collapse = Choice (decision) and comes from God Consciousness/Creativity … No quantum leap in ego/habitual thinking.
Collapse of quantum possibility waves is not gradual in space and time but rather a discontinuous event without a mathematical or mechanical description. Bohr called the discontinuity quantum jumps.
Gestalt pictures show there is not dualism, what we experience (as god consciousness collapsing the quantum possibility wave), is a matter of choice or perspective. All possibilities are there.
I won't be terrible long before the observers' effect on physical objects will stop seeming strange to the general public. Perhaps the intimate linkage between the "objective" world and consciousness, observed so routinely at present on the experimental, laboratory level, will someday no longer seem odd even to those taking basic high school classes.
A conscious observer/consciousness creating their reality.
Von Neumann
Wigner
Fred Alan Wolf
Amit Goswami
1. Quantum mechanics states that "nothing exists until it is measured."
2. An object can't be measured unless there is a conscious mind to measure it.
3. Therefore Quantum Mechanics implies that consciousness (God) created the universe.
The term “observer effect” in physics refers to changes that the act of observation will make on the phenomenon being observed.
In quantum theory this is sometimes referred to as the "measurement problem" and it's an enigma that has stumped, baffled, puzzled, and left physicists looking the other way at trying to understand Quantum mechanics and using it for engineering and practical purposes only.
Richard Feynman, Noble Prize winner, said, “I think I can safely say that nobody understands Quantum Mechanics”.
Behind all the uncertainty in quantum theory, the measurement problem brings consciousness to the rescue. It seems very clear that a living observer halts the randomness. That is, things exist in all possible states until a conscious observer, freezes, or pins it down to a single state. This is referred to as the collapse of the wave function. The wave function describes the probability of a quantum entity existing in certain states.
The world at large (our perception of reality) stays molded in its real and concrete state so long as conscious observers are involved. It's consciousness that creates order out of the foaming sea of quantum randomness!
In Newton's physics, there is no need for an observer. The Universe and world exists independent of us. A tree exists whether someone is watching it or not. But that is not the way the universe works according to the more accurate quantum field theory. The tree and everything in the universe exist ONLY because we observe it. Without a conscious observer the universe is only a superposition of possibilities, a sea of randomness where all possibilities exist, but no Reality is formed.
In the next section we'll introduce Quantum field theory, especially the idea of a Field being the fundamental element in the universe, not the particle. This is the basis and foundation for understanding the New Physics and the New Biology and the basis and foundation of the new science of energy medicine and PEMF therapy. We have touched on this already, but let's discuss it in a little more detail.
---New----
Quantum Measurement
1) Quantum Systems are described by a wavefunction that encapsulates all possibilities open to the system, but measurements collapse the wavefunction and convert quantum mechanical amplitudes into classical probabilities.
2) A quantum measuring device must extract some information about the system
3) Quantum measurement causes instanteous collapse of the wavefunction everywhere, it is nonlocal.
4) Null measurements are possible... Mere presence of a quantum measuring device can collapse wavefunction.
5) Our choice in what to measure influences the future dynamics of the system
2 slit - Our choice of whether or not to measure the particle at the slit influences the subsequent reality.
Quantum Physics and Downward Causation:
Erwin Schrodinger, one of the founders of quantum physics himself wrote in the appendix of "What is Life" (1944): "Consciousness is a singular, for which there is no plural."
Nonlocal connections are a result of the unitive quantum consciousness.
Quantum Objects are waves of possibility. Waves can be at more than one place at the same time (sound source). Quantum objects spread out like waves and they have the same wavelike characteristics of having more than one facet at the same time. There only special feature is that the simultaneously occurring facets of quantum objects are POSSIBLE facets. In one observation one facet may show up, in another observation, a different facet may show up.
A choice/decision is needed to convert possibility to Actuality/Reality.
Because it is our observation of a quantum object that collapses the quantum wave of many possible facets into a unique event of actuality that we experience, we MUST say that it is our consciousness that chooses.
So in quantum physics, the agent of downward causation is recognized as the consciousness of a human being (von Neumann 1955; Goswami 1989, 1993; Stapp 1993).
Von Neumann, J. 1955. The Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Mechanics. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press.
Stapp, H.P. 1993. Mind, Matter, and Quantum Mechanics. New York: Springer.
Goswami, A. 1989. The idealist interpretation of quantum mechanics. Physics Essays 2:385-400.
Goswami, A. 1993. The Self Aware Universe: How Consciousness Creates the Material World. New York: Tarcher/Putnam.
We "choose" not from our ego consciousness, but from a unitive consciousness, call it cosmic quantum consciousness of God Consciousness.
This god consciousness is the agent of downward causation. This God consciousness is the agent of psychological transformation in transpersonal psych AND the agent of spontaneous healing (quantum healing) w/o medical interaction.
Collapse = Choice (decision) and comes from God Consciousness/Creativity … No quantum leap in ego/habitual thinking.
Collapse of quantum possibility waves is not gradual in space and time but rather a discontinuous event without a mathematical or mechanical description. Bohr called the discontinuity quantum jumps.
Gestalt pictures show there is not dualism, what we experience (as god consciousness collapsing the quantum possibility wave), is a matter of choice or perspective. All possibilities are there.
I won't be terrible long before the observers' effect on physical objects will stop seeming strange to the general public. Perhaps the intimate linkage between the "objective" world and consciousness, observed so routinely at present on the experimental, laboratory level, will someday no longer seem odd even to those taking basic high school classes.
"While a number of philosophical ideas may be logically consistent with present quantum mechanics, materialism is NOT"
Eugene Wigner
Solipsism may be logically consistent with present Quantum Mechanics, Monism in the sense of Materialism is not.
Eugene Wigner
Materialism and Realism -- 1900's
Idealism - Reality is a mental construct.
Double Slit
Tiny Bits versus waves
Very act of measuring or observing.
Electron seems to be awe
Einstein
PDR
Observation of one instantly effects other (faster than light).
Must be a physic local variable.
John Bell -- Proposed inequality --- matter dependent on observation.
Act of a conscious observer creates the…
Observation creates the existence of particles and even creates a back history
Particles do not exist
people try to separate quantum world from macro world.
Macro world is built by quantum world.
No collapse of wave function in many worlds.
Violation of Occams razor
One tiny atoms quantum behavior… billion billion billion atoms means every human creates this many universes every sec.
Many possibilities explained by a wave function.
Solipsicism
Theist view only rational alternative to solipsism
Wigners friend - Cosmic Conscious
Lesser minds in over
If god is looking down on everything
God is not separate from us… Existence of physical world.
Consciousness is fundamental
God does not need to see an independent universe.
Science has revealed God and buried materialism.
Eugene Wigner
Solipsism may be logically consistent with present Quantum Mechanics, Monism in the sense of Materialism is not.
Eugene Wigner
Materialism and Realism -- 1900's
Idealism - Reality is a mental construct.
Double Slit
Tiny Bits versus waves
Very act of measuring or observing.
Electron seems to be awe
Einstein
PDR
Observation of one instantly effects other (faster than light).
Must be a physic local variable.
John Bell -- Proposed inequality --- matter dependent on observation.
Act of a conscious observer creates the…
Observation creates the existence of particles and even creates a back history
Particles do not exist
people try to separate quantum world from macro world.
Macro world is built by quantum world.
No collapse of wave function in many worlds.
Violation of Occams razor
One tiny atoms quantum behavior… billion billion billion atoms means every human creates this many universes every sec.
Many possibilities explained by a wave function.
Solipsicism
Theist view only rational alternative to solipsism
Wigners friend - Cosmic Conscious
Lesser minds in over
If god is looking down on everything
God is not separate from us… Existence of physical world.
Consciousness is fundamental
God does not need to see an independent universe.
Science has revealed God and buried materialism.
Observer Effect in Relativity
Observer Effect in Relativity too, Makes Time and Space Unreal.
Time can speed up or slow down depending on motion or gravity.
Space can likewise stretch or shrink.
Matter can get heavier or lighter.
Energy can increase or decrease.
Causality does not even really exist.
Time can speed up or slow down depending on motion or gravity.
Space can likewise stretch or shrink.
Matter can get heavier or lighter.
Energy can increase or decrease.
Causality does not even really exist.