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Big Mismatch between the New Technology and the Old Mechanistic Viewpoint

Kayoko Awaya

Published Feb 3, 2025• 0 citations

Abstract

There is a big mismatch between the new technology based on the laws in the micro world, and the old mechanistic viewpoint established in the macro world. This is one of the main causes of the chaotic state of recent technology. I explain historically this circumstance and show how to settle this problem by solving the so-called measurement problem of quantum mechanics. These suggest a new worldview which epistemologically unifies the macro and micro worlds, and brings the new technology into order.

DOI: 10.63002/asrp.301.805

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