Whatever happened to the Einstein-Bohr dispute?

Question

I love geniuses going against each other's beliefs....

Einstein vs. Bohr...

The relativists vs. the quantum physicists...

Unfortunately I'm with both ends of the line...


Personally, I would go with whatever Einstein say..I especially like his deterministic view of the universe but the quantum physicists really have strong points in their quantum theory....

After Einstein's death, I don't know what had happened with their disputes...did Bohr retracted his claims? probably not because there wouldn't be any quantum mechanics if he did....

Answer 1

I don't think it was necessarily relativity OR quantum mechanics. I think Bohr and Einstein would have both agreed that the two theories had merit. Einstein tended to argue over particular interpretations of quantum mechanics.

One of the most famous arguments was the EPR argument against Bohr, dealing with entanglement, where Einstein was basically opposed to "spooky action at a distance." However, as technology as advanced it has been shown that Bohr was right about this and Einstein was wrong, so I guess the entanglement debate ended in Bohrs favor in the long run.

Answer 2

Actually the resolution is not clear. This issue has been recently revisited and a number of experiments seem to indicate that quantum mechanichs behaves in a non local way (Bohr-like). A detailed analysis however, shows that this is still consistent with the theory of relativity...

An interesting (but technical) review can be found in the link below.

Answer 3

This is unfortunately still going on in modern times, only slightly modified.

The theories of quantum mechanics AND of general relativity have both been tested and both have been proven true in most situations. Quantum mechanics accurately predicts the behavior of small objects, such as electrons, and relativity correctly calculates the behavior of large objects such as planets.
Most modern physicists (including Einstein in his later years) have devoted their lives to finding the "unifying theory" that brings together quantum mechanics and general relativity, which alone should not be able to coexist.

Directly pertaining to your question... Einstein retracted his statement, in fact. Upon seeing experiments supporting Bohr's and Heisenberg's claims, he apologized and called it "his biggest mistake ever."

Answer 4

The dispute stands. Entanglement is really the simplest example why. According to Einstein, nothing travels faster than the speed of light, which is absolute and independant of any frame of reference. Entanglement, an experimentally proven principle, states that any two "entangled" particles (e.g. photos, electrons, etc) will mirror each other's behavior no matter the distance between them; which means that the information traveling from one particle to the other arrives instantaneously no matter the distance, hence it travels faster than the speed of light.

The search continues ... and I suspect will continue for a long time.

Answer 5

the truth of the matter is that eversince the inseption of this dispute physists have been trying to come up with a solution to combine the two theories in a way that acounts for all of the forces in nature, this was atemped with theories such as the grandunification theory, string theories, and twister theory. the end theory will also have to acount for the number and type of particles found in the universe and their anti particles without any anomolies and infinaties. i hpe this helps you understand where this question is heading

Answer 6

Einstein's mind was clouded by religion. Bohr wins.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

They were both theories, and until someone can prove them, they are still on the table.