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Old 1st January 2018, 02:36 PM   #168
Myriad
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Originally Posted by baron View Post
You're getting confused. We cannot directly perceive quantum events. We can build machines to do so and read their output. We can also do the maths that predict aggregate quantum outputs and compare them with experimental results. We can perceive macro events. None of these points contradict any of the others.

No confusion. This is crystal clear.

Is quantum mechanics an aspect of the world or not?

If it's not, then it's hardly relevant to anything.

If it is, well...

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The world as we observe it is created in its entirety inside our heads from a vanishingly small set of electrical impulses. It is a wholly fabricated model, the sole purpose of which is not for us to understand the universe, but for us to survive in our limited environment long enough to reproduce. You think the real 'out there' world possesses attributes of colour, or sound, or solidity, or even movement in the strictest sense? You think we are capable of processing more than a crazy small fraction of the information around us?
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