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     7 years ago  

    I am not a physicist but I haven't seen any studies that breach the micro with the macro. in fact this is the greatest problem of all physics and why gravity is such a peculiar thing. :)

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       7 years ago  

      This is not the greatest problem of physics. You are probably alluding to the difficulty in formulating a quantum field theory of gravitation, which does not mean at all that the micro-cosmos and the macro-cosmos are causally disconnected. Several examples of macroscopically observable quantum phenomena exist, namely superconductivity and superfluidy. Current electronic technologies, whose functioning relies on the quantum properties of semiconductor materials which are used to build transistors, are ubiquitous manifestations of quantum laws underlying the operation of macroscopic systems. Then, there is Ehrenfest's theorem, which attempts to illustrate how classical laws of motion for the expectation values of a system's kinematical and dynamical variables may be derived from quantum mechanics. Additionally, there are some more recent experiments and theoretical ideas which support the connection between micro and macro phenomena. Some examples are the quantum entanglement of many-particle systems (which is relevant for quantum computation) and the concept of decoherence as being at the core of the emergence of classical behavior on the basis of a quantum reality.

      Again, none of this is intended to be proof of the existence of free will. It serves only to illustrate how causal determinism is not a very accurate model of the universe as far as our current best understanding allows us to see.

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         7 years ago  

        let's follow the conversation on the other thread where i provided a definition.

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