Quantum will change because of human will. Will the soul go to the quantum world after that person dies?

Death is a very sad thing that most creatures have to face. Our souls were born between heaven and earth. Why should we destroy them? So I think … maybe the most terrible thing about death is the endless darkness of nothingness …

I first thought about this problem in junior high school. I was lying in bed that night, thinking about a question-what was I like before I was born? I couldn't imagine … so I began to imagine what it would feel like after death. These two periods did not exist before or after my life.

But when I first began to imagine something extremely cold and flowing like a liquid spreading up my spine, I was very awake at that time. I understand that this is not true, but an illusion, but I have to say that this is true! I can't even help touching my back. On this summer day in July, I am shivering with cold!

Yes, my instinct is telling me that I'm afraid of death, very afraid, I'm afraid of disappearing completely, I'm afraid of nothingness, I'm afraid of going or not going to a place that doesn't exist.

No wonder the highest punishment in mythology is that all gods are destroyed and will never be reborn. If there is a place to go after death, no matter where it is, it can make people feel relieved. ...

Soul to quantum world?

So people have been looking for a proof that they don't face nothingness, and today, with the development of science, all kinds of miracles or tricks are not enough. What should we do?

Quantum mechanics may be a hotbed of new myths. There are many magical legends about it, and some people even claim that they can get evidence of the existence of Buddhism and even the soul. So what is the truth?

It is claimed that human consciousness can change quantum form, and observation and non-observation are completely different, so consciousness is not just an electrical signal between brain cells, it is a kind of existence connected with the essence of the universe. In that case, as long as the universe does not die, your consciousness will naturally not die.

So where did this legend come from? The famous "Ding Xue's Cat", 1935, the famous Austrian physicist Ding Xue told a story. He said that if there is a box, there is a cat, a poison gas bottle, a set of organs and a radioactive source. The radioactive source is a nucleus with varying probability. There is a 50% probability of splitting the emitted rays every 65,438+0 minutes. These rays will trigger the mechanism and break the gas bottle, so the cat will die.

Irving Rudolf Joseph Alexander Schrodinger1August 887 12- 196 1 year 65438+1October 4th.

Because this radioactive source obeys the quantum law, its radiation will show the characteristics of "it will not be a definite result without observation". If so, if we don't open the box, whether the radioactive source is split in the box is an uncertain state, and it will be deduced that whether the cat in the box is dead is also an uncertain state.

Cat abuser Xue Dingjia Shi

In other words, if you don't open the box and have a look, then the cat is in a state of "neither birth nor death". At a glance, the cat will become a certain state, alive or dead.

Wait a minute. Don't cats spoil things?

Okay ... this is the source of the claim evidence. Before we know more information, let's analyze this story, and you will find a flaw that can't stand scrutiny-is the cat an observer?

If the cat is an observer, even if the box is not opened, there are still a pair of eyes staring at the radioactive source. Then, before we open the box, the result has been spoiled by the cat inside, so it's not you who decides the cat's life and death.

The genetic overlap between humans and chimpanzees is as high as 98%

So the question is, can cats be regarded as observers? If we think that consciousness is the core of whether we can be called an observer, then it is very good for cats to be conscious. If you don't admit that cats are conscious, what about replacing the animals in the box with some smarter animals? What about dogs, elephants, dolphins and even chimpanzees? Chimpanzees have language, society, feelings, expressions, crying and laughing. So can he be an observer?

One last question-what if it's the person in the box?

Obviously, the story itself is unlikely to come true. In fact, from the study of biology, we know that the boundary between human and animals is quite vague, and scientists are more inclined to think that human consciousness is only far more complicated than animals, and there is no essential difference.

Therefore, it is obviously unconvincing to take a completely untrue story as evidence. And if you know more about the story behind it, you will feel even more embarrassed.

This is actually a cold joke told by Ding Xue Ashe, which was born to refute an opinion. In other words, Xue totally denied this "dead cat", and named it because it was put forward by Xue. As a result, many people mistakenly think that this is Xue's point of view. ...

This is a bit like Kong's "good for evil" in those days. Obviously, his old man said "good for evil", so how did he get it?

Well, then why did Ding Xue Ash tell such a cold joke at that time? It is because he doesn't want to admit that "the micro world is dominated by uncertainty", and at the same time he thinks that the macro world is dominated by the micro world. If the micro-world is dominated by uncertainty, then it will be deduced that the macro-world is also uncertain. Isn't this ridiculous? How dare human will control the laws of nature?

100% eye?

Okay, so who's right? Did his cold joke accidentally reveal the truth of the world?

In fact, many people often think that there are only two ways to go, and there is a third way; When I think I have to choose between the two, another option is "I want both", which is especially common in physics. According to our current understanding of quantum mechanics, the micro is indeed subject to "uncertainty", and this law has not been brought to the macro world obviously. What is certain is that the moon has always been there.

Measure and observe

Then how to explain the decisive role of human observation in the quantum world?

The answer is-we need to separate the word "observation" from "observation". In fact, it is not observation but measurement that leads to the transformation of "uncertainty" into "deterministic result", which does not involve human will.

We always think that measurement is a matter of special significance, but this may not be the case. A beam of sunlight shines on a drop of blood, and the reflected light brings the color information of this viscous liquid-red.

So when we see this light, we do observe the color of a drop of blood, but what if no one looks? Of course, the reflected light is still red, and the information about blood is still taken out and disappears in the reflection and absorption with other objects in the environment.

When we measure a particle in the quantum world, we will use electromagnetic waves. This electromagnetic wave will make the quantum state "collapse" from many uncertain States to a certain state. We can know the state of particles by receiving electromagnetic waves that pass through them.

Higher energy electromagnetic waves can make the position of particles more accurate, but this will inevitably affect it and kinetic energy.

So what if we emit electromagnetic waves and can't receive them? Will this particle still be affected by electromagnetic waves? Yes, the "collapse" of particle state has nothing to do with whether you know the result or not. Electromagnetic waves with particle information will still appear, but no one will extract this information.

In other words, the "uncertainty" of quantum has nothing to do with whether people know it or not, or even with human operation. If this electromagnetic wave flies out of the universe, it will also cause the state of particles to "collapse". The uncertainty of the quantum world is like an organ that causes strange phenomena, but it has a fixed trigger mechanism after all, which does not distinguish between human touch and wind.

A camera that does not affect photons?

Speaking of which, there is another thought experiment with deep misunderstanding that I have to say. This is a widely circulated "science city legend" about photon double-slit interference experiment.

When light meets a double slit, interference will occur, that is, two identical waves reinforce and cancel each other in some areas. At that time, people already knew that light is a particle that obeys the wave law, so the probability of where a photon finally ends its journey can be calculated by waves. So scientists began to think about the mechanism of this phenomenon-is it caused by the interaction between photons?

Interference phenomenon, if a plate is placed in front, is a fringe interference pattern.

So if we can change the density of photons and let them pass through the double slit one by one, will there be two lines instead of stripes? This is the famous single photon interference experiment.

Of course, how wonderful the result is. After a single photon passes through the double-slit experimental equipment, one or two can't see any problems, but as long as the time is long enough, obvious interference fringes can still be seen from the statistical results.

Yes, a single photon can interfere.

This is counterintuitive, isn't it? The physics we have been studying tells us that the conservation of energy, the conservation of mass and the action of force are mutual. So when there is only one particle at a time, can't it only pass through a slit on the left or right? Why can it know the existence of another slit through one slit? Just like quantum is conscious, knowing in advance that it will react differently to different environments before departure?

Attention! So far, this is a "watershed". Let's keep talking.

Someone installed a high-speed camera next to one of the double seams to see which seam the light passed through. But something strange happened. As soon as the camera is started, the interference fringe disappears, leaving only two light spots on the light screen, as if the photon knew that someone was watching it and changed its trajectory in order not to reveal any secrets.

This is really a simple observation device. ...

Smell this strong idealism, this smell of "science can't explain" and this smell of "animism". If you don't believe in the existence of the soul, it can be said that it is completely hopeless.

Ok, the joke is over, so what is the truth?

People with a little knowledge of physics must find it strange-a camera? What kind of camera is this?

Microscopic particles are different from macroscopic objects. When we see a phenomenon, our eyes are actually receivers of light, that is to say, whether you look at it or not, light will continue to hit the object and fly to the environment.

Due to the reflection of light, we can see objects.

But this time you have to observe photons. What is a photon? It is the carrier for you to observe macroscopic objects. What you need to observe now is the carrier itself.

So how do you know where the photons are? Hit it with another photon? If this effect exists, you will change the orbit of the photon. If this effect doesn't exist, you don't know what photons need to measure.

In fact, there is only one way to measure photons in the real world-"cut-off". Only when a photon hits an atom and causes a photoelectric effect can we know what it looks like, that is, if we want to know where a photon is, we must "kill" it.

The energy of light knocks out electrons in an object, which is called photoelectric effect.

So the so-called "installing a high-speed camera on one of the joints" is simply impossible. Either you completely block this seam, or you can't measure anything.

In that case, why is there such a statement? In fact, from the above "watershed", everything after that is thought experiment, that is, imagination. The reliability of thought experiment cannot be guaranteed. Most thought experiments are wrong, and this one is no exception. Quantum is really too small, as long as it is measured, it will definitely change its state, just as a blind person can never know what the shape of a beautiful cream cake is, because as long as he touches the cake, it will be deformed.

Photons are the result of measurement.

Then why on earth do single photons interfere? My explanation will sound awkward, but as long as you accept this setting, you will feel that it is actually no big deal.

When light propagates, it may not be a photon form, but a wave, so it can completely pass through two slits at the same time, and only when it encounters obstacles will it "collapse" and change from a wave to a particle form.

In fact, physicists never know and can't know what light looks like when it propagates, because as long as it is measured, it will collapse and become a photon (measurement here refers to the interaction between all quantum and macroscopic objects, and when light strikes an object, it will continue to "collapse", whether it is a person or an observer).

Electronic cloud is a veritable "cloud"

This understanding can be applied to all phenomena related to quantum uncertainty. For example, when an electron does not interact with a macroscopic object, it is not a particle but a "wave cloud", and all its possible results can be displayed at the same time, but as long as a macroscopic action or measurement occurs, it will "collapse" into a particle with a certain position, so an electron or even a single electron can conduct a double-slit interference experiment.

Schematic diagram of electronic interferometer

This is the strange but not supernatural law of the quantum world. In fact, as long as you accept this setting in your mind, you won't feel anything. We are just too familiar with the laws of the world we live in, and we will mistakenly think that this must be the truth of the universe. Just as the traveler told the sage 2000 years ago, the earth is a huge sphere suspended in space, which will be hit out by his old man's stick!

About souls? Forget it, there is no place for the soul in the quantum world at present, and I believe there will be no place in the future.