Quantum Physics Takes Free Will into Account

Boris V. Yakovlev, Liudmila V. Nikiforova

In modern physical theories, when modeling fundamental structures of reality, the relational concept of space and time is not sufficiently taken into account. In modern physical theories, the relational concept of space and time is not sufficiently taken into account when modeling fundamental structures of reality. A priori, the concepts of space and time are introduced, which leads to contradiction. The purpose of the present work is to simulate the localization and motion of a free particle taking into account the relational concept of space and time. When modeling the localization and motion of a free particle, it is shown that the use of the superposition principle, namely, the overlay of subsystems, allows you to take into account the relational concept of space and time. For this, Minkowski space is generalized. State space is introduced - homogeneous space of possible subsystems. From the overlay of these subsystems, Minkowsky space is manifested, taking into account the presence of particles. It is shown that homogeneity and isotropy of space and homogeneity of time follow from homogeneity of space of possible subsystems. For the particle, a non-swinging de Broglie wave packet is obtained.

Henry Pierce Stapp

Valia Allori

Ignacio Cirac, Adolfo Plasencia

In this dialogue, the physicist Ignacio Cirac, director of the Theoretical Division of the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, outlines why quantum physics has brought about a much greater change than that caused by Einstein’s theory of relativity, how quantum physics takes free will into account and how it combines with philosophy. He describes why quantum theory defines “everything else,” yet is unable to define itself. Explaining how, together with Peter Zoller, he developed and presented the first theoretical description of a quantum computing architecture based on trapped ions, and, how this quantum architecture will be viable and capable of performing calculations we cannot perform at present. Their quantum computer calculates in qubits, which would require at least 100,000 qubits to function, rising to 1,000,000 if error correction is implemented. It will be able to perform calculations previously unachievable and create encrypted messages impossible to decipher. Building a functional quantum computer still requires a huge technological change, which has yet to come about. Lastly, Cirac explains the differences between European and American visions of science and why mathematicians are even more conservative than physicists.

Robert W. Boyer

Abstract In classical physics, all change in nature is believed to take place in an unbroken chain of cause and effect. In quantum physics, change is believed to be irreducibly probabilistic and most fundamentally random. Neither classical physical determinism nor orthodox quantum indeterminism is consistent with causally efficacious conscious minds. If either is correct, we humans are robots with no free will. For a way out of this meaninglessness, recent progress toward a subtler nonlocal causal wave model including real mind is overviewed. The model is in the direction of Sankhya ontology and Yoga epistemology in the ancient holistic Vedic account, which we will see is rich enough for rational explanation and empirical validation of free will.

Matthew Lee