#boundariesofphysics

🚨 Quantum Physics at the Limit: When Reality Becomes “Spooky”… 👻⚛️ What actually happens when a physical system is completely isolated from the rest of the world? This is precisely where one of the greatest mysteries of modern physics begins. In the classical world, particles follow clear paths—like little “balls” moving through space and time. But in the realm of quantum physics, a second “set of natural laws” suddenly seems to apply: States are not unique, but distributed, blurred, almost ghostly. 🌌 Only through interaction with the environment—that is, through a kind of “coupling”—does this state collapse into something concrete. We know this phenomenon as the famous collapse of the wave function. 💥 But why does a system behave so fundamentally differently without this coupling? Why does this “spooky behavior” of decoupled systems exist at all? 🤯 It is precisely at this boundary between observable reality and quantum-physical possibility that we begin our Zoomposium—together with physicist Prof. Dr. Gerd Ganteför. This is not just about physics, but about the big questions: 👉 What is reality? 👉 What role does information play? 👉 And are we reaching the limits of our scientific worldview here? A fascinating insight into what may be the deepest secrets of our universe. 🔍✨ 📎 Information: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2023/04/16/zoomposium-gerd-gantefoer/ 📺 Interview: https://youtu.be/V4pUEEtFCUo

⚛️ Quantum Physics – The Mysterious Fabric of Reality ✨ Does reality only come into being through observation? One of the most fascinating ideas in modern physics—inspired by John Wheeler, among others—is the so-called participatory universe: 👉 Systems behave differently as soon as they are “coupled” to their environment. 👉 Reality does not simply seem to exist – it emerges through the process of interaction. But this raises a deeper question: 💭 What does “observation” even mean in quantum physics? It does not necessarily require a conscious subject. Simply being coupled to the environment can be enough to change a system’s behavior. But: 👉 How does a system “know” that it is being observed? 👉 What exactly happens during this interaction? Here we reach the limits of our understanding. In conversation with Gerd Ganteför, we delve into precisely these questions—at the intersection of physics and metaphysics: 🔹 What role does the observer play in the quantum world? 🔹 Is our reality fundamentally information-based? 🔹 Do we need a new metaphysics of the natural sciences? 🔹 And how far do the limits of physical explainability extend? 🌌 Quantum physics shows us: Reality may not be a fixed “something”—but rather a dynamic web of relationships, interactions, and possibilities. 📎 Information: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2023/04/16/zoomposium-gerd-gantefoer/ 📺 Interview: https://youtu.be/V4pUEEtFCUo