The Starmaker <
[email protected]> wrote:
"Theory determines what we observe." --Albert Einstein
"Physics and Reality" (1936) ˆ an essay published in the Journal of the Franklin Institute.
In it, Einstein says:
"Whether you can observe a thing or not depends on the theory which you
use. It is the theory which decides what can be observed."
Now, let me explain what are one of the things that could mean...
[snip misunderstandings]
It is a reply to Heisenberg.
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Werner Heisenberg said, "We have to remember that what we observe is not
nature in itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning."
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With quantum mechanics the supposedly straightforward relation
between experiment and 'reality' has been lost.
Your stupidities cannot change that,
and apart from that, you are barking up the wrong tree.
Jan
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