Is Quantum Mechanics the final proof of God?

Question

A famous experiment was carried out by Young in which electrons were fired into a surface (google it!). All was well... until the results changed by simply OBSERVING the electrons!

How can being an observer change the results of an experiment? When it comes to the quantum level (ie really, really small) the laws of physics break down. Our current theories work fine... except when applied to atoms themselves! Does this mean God is deliberately defying science? Are we being told to 'back off'?

Answer 1

atoms aren't the smallest particle, you forgot to include strings, and other planck's size particle....we are still looking for answer. All we need is a unification of einstein's theory and the quantum theory to solve the mysteries of quantum mechanics.

Answer 2

Many eminent men of science have stated that life is not reducible to chemistry and physics. These include Alfred Wallace (co-author of Charles Darwin's first publication on evolution); Thomas H. Huxley (a contemporary of Darwin's who championed Darwin's evolutionary theory); and Nobel physicists Niels Bohr and Eugene Wigner. The eminent mathematician John von Neumann has shown how quantum mechanics implies that the consciousness of the observer (he called it the "abstract ego") is distinct from all aspects of the observer's body and brain.** This concept of an "abstract ego" corresponds to the irreducible nonmaterial entity posited by the theory of production and called the jivätmä(the soul) by Lord Krishna in Bhagavad-gitä.
In Bhagavad-gitä Lord Krishna says that He is the ultimate designer of all living forms: "Under My direction material nature is producing all species of moving and nonmoving beings." Later Lors Krishna says that the forms of living beings are like machines made of matter, and that within them the minute, spiritual living entity (the jivätmä) resides.
And what is the nature of the jivätmä? Krishna's first instruction in the Bhagavad-gitä is that the living entity is indestructible, eternal: "For the living entity there is never birth or death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain." How, then, could the living being be a product of chemical activity? Rather, he is an eternal particle of spiritual energy, completely distinct from the actions and reactions of matter. His presence in the material body diffuses consciousness throughout every part of the organism, just as the sun diffuses light and heat throughout the solar system.
Finally, we also learn from the Gitä that it is Lord Krishna Himself, dwelling within each bodily form as the Supersoul, who provides every living being with the knowledge and understanding necessary to live within the world.
Thus we can see how the teachings of Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-gitä are confirmed, rather than contradicted, by the findings of modern science.
God is able to guide material events effortlessly, like a practiced pianist improvising on musical themes without worrying about the detailed movements of his fingers. Our main point is that matter acting in accord with classical physical laws is indeed freely controllable, but the exertion of such control requires both omniscience and omnipotence. Long before the advent of modern physical theories, ancient traditions attributed such unlimited powers to God.
We can conclude, therefore, that the laws of classical physics are compatible with the idea that God directly controls the behavior of matter. The same compatibility can also be demonstrated for the laws of quantum mechanics, although the complexity of quantum mechanical theory prevents us from going into this topic here.

Answer 3

Actually quantum physics is well understood...the problem is that both quantum theory and physical theory cannot both be right..so thats why they are looking for the Grand Unified Theory...

God not required.

Answer 4

This is basic QM and not 'God-like' at all. Puuuulease!... Google < 'Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle' >. ... And 'atoms'? What about quarks, muons, neutrinos, etc.?

"Anyone who understands Quantum Mechanics hasn't studied it long enough." - R.P.Feynman

“If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part.” -- Richard Feynman

Answer 5

If it applies to "God", or to strange behavior of electrons, it just means there are just some things we just don't understand, or have the appropriate technology or techniques to understand at the present time......

Answer 6

I'm aware of the experiment.

I have yet to meet a theistic physicist, so I doubt it.

The reason observation changes the experiment is simple -- in order to observe a particle, you have to bounce something off of it. When you bounce something off a wave that small, you affect the motion of the wave.

Answer 7

Ha, Ha....good point ; God is not allowing us to believe in the mythological god of chance, iow, QM.

Answer 8

I don't believe so. God does not try to keep us in darkness. This world is ours to explore.

Answer 9

you obviously don't understand quantum mechanics.

Answer 10

Not "back off" - "Look Closer!"