Acbosg.2245 net.misc utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!cbosg!dir Thu Apr 29 14:30:28 1982 Re: utcsrgv.318: Re: psi vs relativity vs quantum mechanics One of the difficulties in interpreting quantum mechanics (including the Copenhagan interpretation) is that quantum mechanical things do not operate like macro-world things. In the daily world, we learn extremely well that macro objects behave in certain ways, and we then project these behaviors into micro worlds, where the behaviors may not apply. To reject the notion that a quantum mechanical event simply does not exist before being measured clearly demonstrates the astonishing pervasive nature of how we think about things. For many (including myself), it is enormously difficult to think about a theorized world where there literally is no physical reality without observers. The fine line between mystisicm and physics appears to draw closer every day, for those willing to suspend disbelief a little. Dean Radin ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.