Quantum mechanics assumes one can only determine the future evolution of a particle in terms of the probabilistic values associated with its wave function which is in stark contrast to the Classical Newtonian assumption that one can assign precise values of future events based on the knowledge of their past. In other words in a quantum system Schrödinger’s wave equation plays the role of Newtonian laws in that it predicts the future position or momentum of a particle in terms of a probability distribution. This is one of the fundamental difference between quantum and classical mechanics because the latter defines the reality of future events in terms of pervious events whereas quantum mechanics defines them based on the non-classical reality of the sum total of all possible events that can occur. However one may be able to understand the physical reason why these two theories define the reality of events differently if quantum mechanics represents the physics of ‘time’ as a physical process with the future unfolding photon by photon with each new photon electron coupling. By explaining quantum mechanics in this way it can compliment classical Newtonian physics not contradict it. Quantum mechanics in the form of the spontaneous absorption and emission of light forms a universal process of continuous energy exchange. This can be in the form of photon energy cascading down forming greater degrees of freedom for the increase in statistical entropy or disorganization or it can be any process we measure over a period of time! Therefore we have classical Newtonian assumption that one can assign precise values of future events based on the knowledge of their past, but there is always uncertainty has the future unfolds photon by photon. Without this uncertainty we would not have the freedom to do experiments in classical physics with the statistical probability of different outcomes! This probability is represented by Schrödinger’s wave equation with the quantum wave particle function forming Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle. This represents the same uncertainty that we have with any future event at the smallest level of the process with the Planck constant being a constant of action in the process we see and feel as the flow of time. We can interact with this process forming new photons relative to our energy and momentum or actions turning the possible into the actual as in the Two Slit Experiment: https://youtube/watch?v=MTDwUeIolAQ
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 14:57:38 +0000
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