For millennium, philosophers have been pondering the nature of reality. In the video clip, quantum physicist Anton Zeilinger (professor, University of Vienna), presents findings from the double-slit experiment that seem to indicate that we change reality just by observing it. The insights that Zeilinger shares in the video indicate that reality is NOT an absolute. For instance, people who are depressed perceive colors differently from individuals who are not depressed, and the culture in which a person spends the first few years of their life influences how they interact with their physical world for the remainder of their life - and differentiates their experiences from those of others, who grow up in other cultures. So, in closing the page tonight, I will leave you with two questions: What is reality? And: How do you know?
Posted on: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 02:13:13 +0000
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