{"id":111837,"date":"2020-08-24T02:24:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T09:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/a-new-quantum-paradox-throws-the-foundations-of-observed-reality-into-question"},"modified":"2020-08-24T02:24:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T09:24:32","slug":"a-new-quantum-paradox-throws-the-foundations-of-observed-reality-into-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/a-new-quantum-paradox-throws-the-foundations-of-observed-reality-into-question","title":{"rendered":"A new quantum paradox throws the foundations of observed reality into question"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/a-new-quantum-paradox-throws-the-foundations-of-observed-reality-into-question2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Perhaps not, some say.<\/p>\n<p>And if someone is there to hear it? If you think that means it obviously did make a sound, you might need to revise that opinion.<\/p>\n<p>We have found a new paradox in quantum mechanics \u2013 one of our two most fundamental scientific theories, together with Einstein\u2019s theory of relativity \u2013 that throws doubt on some common-sense ideas about physical reality.<\/p>\n<p>Quantum mechanics vs common sense<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at these three statements:<\/p>\n<p>When someone observes an event happening, it really happened.<\/p>\n<p>It is possible to make free choices, or at least, statistically random choices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/a-new-quantum-paradox-throws-the-foundations-of-observed-reality-into-question\">Continue reading \u201cA new quantum paradox throws the foundations of observed reality into question\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Perhaps not, some say. And if someone is there to hear it? If you think that means it obviously did make a sound, you might need to revise that opinion. We have found a new [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":580,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/580"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}