The Double-Slit Experiment & Spirituality

has this famous experiment influenced anyone else's beliefs?

for me, the DOUBLE SLIT EXPERIMENT is science showing that there is a non-physical aspect to the Universe. hopefully someday there will be more definitive proof, but for now, it is one of the fundamental scientific experiments which has caused me to believe what I believe.

link to video explaining the Double Slit Experiment: [link to video.google.com]

and here is how this experiment has influenced my beliefs:

If the Universe were 100% physical, the particles / fabric of the Universe would behave 100% physically, 100% of the time. right?

Quantum Physics has taught us that particles only act 100% physically when we are observing them, but they act much much much more crazy / non-physically when we are not observing them.

Quantum Physics strongly supports the theory that the particles which comprise the fabric of our Universe are actually non-physical waves of possibilities, having multiple possible locations when we aren't observing them or recording / measuring them with a device. (This is not a physical wave like a water wave, it is a wave of possibilities, such as many possible locations, many possible paths, many possible sequence of events, many possible timings of events, etc.)

is this a non-physical property? is this a supra-physical property? is this an incomprehensible property of physical stuff? is it even physical stuff if it acts so non-physical we we are not observing it? who knows...

The double-slit experiment seems to suggest that physical matter is actually non-physical waves of possibility, but when we observe / measure / interact with those 'possibility waves', they simplify into definitive physical matter, in one physical place, at one physical time.

The very act of OBSERVING / TESTING / EXAMINING the particle causes it to change it's form from being a wave of potential possibilities, to being a very simplified, physical particle, in only one of those combinations of possibilities.

This means that the fabric of the Universe has a special quality which prevents us from knowing very much about the non-physical 'possibility-waves' that constitute the fabric of our Universe, because everytime we go to observe that non-physical, wave-like nature of the fabric, it instantaneously becomes simplified and physical.

It's like every time we try observe this non-physical, wave-like nature of the fabric of the Universe, it just simplifies itself to being plain and physical so that we can comprehend, understand, and observe it.

For this reason, it seems that we will never know the true nature / qualities / properties of the fabric of the Universe, because the fabric is so amazing, that it changes itself from being infinitely complex (when we are not observing it) to being super simplified (when we are observing it), almost as if the fabric of the Universe is 'aware' of when we are observing it.

To summarize, the fabric of the Universe is simplified and physical when we are observing it, and unfathomably complex and non-physical when we are not observing it.

This scientific experiment, and all the related experiments which surround it and support it, have led me to believe that all physical particles are merely SIMPLIFICATIONS of the infinite, non-physical 'material' which constitutes the fabric of our Universe.


that is just one small, yet important part of my beliefs, but I figured I would share it with ya'll in case you are bored and reading this discussion.

i think it is silly that so many Atheists think that their beliefs make them happier or more free than someone with different beliefs, such as mine. Take my beliefs as a grain of salt, they are just my beliefs, and i am only one small person in this vast Universe, but please Atheists, do not tell me that you are more happy or more free than I am because you recently joined the rapidly growing "the Universe is 100% physical, and that's all there is to it" club.

My beliefs make me feel very happy and very free, so I figured i would share my interpretation of the famous double-slit experiment with ya'll, because I don't think I ever really fully explained this part of my beliefs before.

cya!

<3 Abe

Last Edited by PookztA on 10/24/2009 11:01 PM