No
concealed parameters can be introduced with the help of which the indeterministic
description could be transformed into a deterministic one. Hence if a future
theory should be deterministic, it cannot be a modification of the present
one but must be essentially different. (Max Born, on Quantum
Theory, 1949)
It is true that many scientists are not philosophically minded and have hitherto shown much skill and ingenuity but little wisdom. (Max Born)
The question of whether the waves are something 'real' or a function to describe and predict phenomena in a convenient way is a matter of taste. I personally like to regard a probability wave, even in 3N-dimensional space, as a real thing, certainly as more than a tool for mathematical calculations. ... Quite generally, how could we rely on probability predictions if by this notion we do not refer to something real and objective? (Max Born, Dover publ., 1964, 'Natural Philosophy of Cause and Chance', p. 107)
Max Born (Quantum Theory) was the first to discover in
1928 (by chance and with no theoretical foundation) that the square of the
Schrodinger wave equations (which is actually the energy density of space)
could be used to predict the probability of where the particle would be
found.
Since it was impossible for both the waves and the particles to be real
entities, it became customary to regard the waves as unreal probability
waves and to maintain the belief in the 'real' particle. Unfortunately (profoundly)
this maintained the belief in the particle/wave duality, in a new form where
the 'quantum' scalar standing waves had become 'probability waves' for the
'real' particle.
If
God has made the world a perfect mechanism, He has at least conceded so
much to our imperfect intellects that in order to predict little parts of
it, we need not solve innumerable differential equations, but can use dice
with fair success. (Max Born, on Quantum Theory)
I believe there is no philosophical high-road in science,
with epistemological signposts. No, we are in a jungle and find our way
by trial and error, building our road behind us as we proceed.
Max Born (1882-1970) German Physicist. Nobel Prize, 1954.
One obvious objection to the hypothesis of an elastic Aether
(Space) arises from the necessity of ascribing to it the great rigidity
it must have to account for the high velocity of Waves. Such a substance
would necessarily offer resistance to the motion of heavenly bodies, particularly
to that of planets. Astronomy has never detected departures from Newton's
Laws of Motion that would point to such a resistance.
(Max Born, on Quantum Theory, 1924)
The question of whether the waves are something "real" or a function to describe and predict phenomena in a convenient way is a matter of taste. I personally like to regard a probability wave, even in 3N-dimensional space, as a real thing, certainly as more than a tool for mathematical calculations ... Quite generally, how could we rely on probability predictions if by this notion we do not refer to something real and objective? (Max Born, Dover publ., 1964, "Natural Philosophy of Cause and Chance", p. 107)
On
the basis of quantum theory there was obtained a surprisingly good representation
of an immense variety of facts which otherwise appeared entirely incomprehensible.
But on one point, curiously enough, there was failure: it proved impossible
to associate with these Schrodinger waves definite motions
of the mass points - and that, after all, had been the original purpose
of the whole construction. The difficulty appeared insurmountable until
it was overcome by Max Born in a way as simple as it was unexpected. The
de Broglie-Schrodinger wave fields were not to be interpreted as a mathematical
description of how an event actually takes place in time and space, though,
of course, they have reference to such an event. Rather they are a mathematical
description of what we can actually know about the system. They
serve only to make statistical statements and predictions of the results
of all measurements which we can carry out upon the system. (Albert
Einstein, on Quantum Physics, 1940)
It
seems to be clear, therefore, that Born's statistical interpretation of
quantum theory is the only possible one. The wave function does not in any
way describe a state which could be that of a single system; it relates
rather to many systems, to an 'ensemble of systems' in the sense
of statistical mechanics. (Albert Einstein, on
Quantum Physics, 1936)
Thus the last and most successful creation of theoretical physics, namely quantum mechanics, differs fundamentally from both Newton's mechanics, and Maxwell's e-m field. For the quantities which figure in Quantum Mechanics's laws make no claim to describe physical reality itself, but only probabilities of the occurrence of a physical reality that we have in view. (Albert Einstein, on Quantum Mechanics, 1931)
I cannot but confess that I attach only a transitory importance to this interpretation. I still believe in the possibility of a model of reality - that is to say, of a theory which represents things themselves and not merely the probability of their occurrence. On the other hand, it seems to me certain that we must give up the idea of complete localization of the particle in a theoretical model. This seems to me the permanent upshot of Heisenberg's principle of uncertainty. (Albert Einstein, on Quantum Theory, 1934)
"When
forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one sentence: Time
and space and gravitation have no separate existence from matter. ... Physical
objects are not in space, but these objects are spatially extended.
In this way the concept 'empty space' loses its meaning. ... The particle
can only appear as a limited region in space in which the field strength
or the energy density are particularly high. ...
The free, unhampered exchange of ideas and scientific conclusions
is necessary for the sound development of science, as it is in all spheres
of cultural life. ... We must not conceal from ourselves that no
improvement in the present depressing situation is possible without a severe
struggle; for the handful of those who are really determined to do something
is minute in comparison with the mass of the lukewarm and the misguided.
...
Humanity is going to need a substantially new way of thinking if
it is to survive!" (Albert Einstein)
Our world is in great trouble due to human behaviour
founded on myths and customs that are causing the destruction
of Nature and climate
change. We can now deduce
the most simple science theory of reality - the wave structure of matter
in space. By understanding how we and everything around us are interconnected
in Space we can then deduce solutions to the fundamental problems of
human knowledge in physics,
philosophy, metaphysics,
theology,
education,
health, evolution
and ecology, politics
and society.
This is the profound new way of thinking that Einstein
realised, that we exist as spatially extended structures of the universe
- the discrete and separate body an illusion. This simply confirms the intuitions
of the ancient
philosophers and mystics.
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