{"id":225593,"date":"2025-11-21T13:33:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T19:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/the-physicist-who-says-reality-is-not-what-it-seems"},"modified":"2025-11-21T13:33:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T19:33:59","slug":"the-physicist-who-says-reality-is-not-what-it-seems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/the-physicist-who-says-reality-is-not-what-it-seems","title":{"rendered":"The Physicist Who Says Reality Is Not What It Seems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fKCP5k1RTmM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Quantum physicist Vlatko Vedral proposes a radical vision of reality, one in which observers don\u2019t exist, there are no particles and there is no space or time. Instead, for Vedral, quantum numbers, also known as Q numbers, are the true essence of reality, and it\u2019s a much more beautiful and useful way to understand the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<br \/> Learn more \u27a4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/.\">https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/.<\/a>\u2026 \u27a4 <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/NSYTSUBS\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/NSYTSUBS<\/a> Get more from New Scientist: Official website: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/NSYTHP\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/NSYTHP<\/a> Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/NSYTFB\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/NSYTFB<\/a> Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/NSYTTW\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/NSYTTW<\/a> Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/NSYTINSTA\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/NSYTINSTA<\/a> LinkedIn: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/NSYTLIN\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/NSYTLIN<\/a> About New Scientist: New Scientist was founded in 1956 for \u201call those interested in scientific discovery and its social consequences\u201d. 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