Everything we know is wrong

N. David Mermin

Anita Gehlot, Abhishek Joshi

Quantum mechanics is the field of physics that studies what happens inside atoms. This is not for the faint hearted. Because quantum theory says that everything, we know about the physical world that we can perceive with our senses is wrong. In the quantum world, i.e., inside atoms, everything looks strange. Atomic particles can be in two places at the same time. This is called ‘Superposition’. In this paper, an improved numerical method has proposed for calculating the fundamental construction of digital technology. Apart from that, pairs of atomic particles have another peculiar property. No matter how far away one of the pair is, the other is well aware of it. If one is disturbed, the other will be stimulated at the same time. This is called ‘quantum entanglement’. Quantum physics is the physics of all matter as subatomic particles are the basic building blocks of all matter.

David Wick

Nicolas Gisin

I argue against the many-world interpretation (MWI) of quantum theory by emphasizing that when everything is entangled with everything else, in one big monstrous piece, there is no room left for creativity. Since the MWI was invented, it proves itself wrong (appeared first in French in [N. Gisin, L'épidémie du multivers, in Le plus grand des hasards, p. 184, eds J.F. Dars et A. Papillault, Belin 2010]).

Luigi A. Lugiato