{"id":434303,"date":"2022-04-20T00:12:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T21:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-experiment-demonstrates-that-reality-might-actually-be-real\/"},"modified":"2022-04-20T00:12:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T21:12:51","slug":"new-experiment-demonstrates-that-reality-might-actually-be-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-experiment-demonstrates-that-reality-might-actually-be-real\/","title":{"rendered":"#New experiment demonstrates that reality might actually be real"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dd264b584b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dd264b584b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-experiment-demonstrates-that-reality-might-actually-be-real\/#%E2%80%9CNew_experiment_demonstrates_that_reality_might_actually_be_real%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;New experiment demonstrates that reality might actually be real&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-experiment-demonstrates-that-reality-might-actually-be-real\/#Doing_science\" >Doing science<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-experiment-demonstrates-that-reality-might-actually-be-real\/#Im_sorry_what\" >I\u2019m sorry, what?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-experiment-demonstrates-that-reality-might-actually-be-real\/#Started_from_the_quantum_now_were_here\" >Started from the quantum, now we\u2019re here<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-experiment-demonstrates-that-reality-might-actually-be-real\/#Disagreeing_in_science\" >Disagreeing in science<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-experiment-demonstrates-that-reality-might-actually-be-real\/#Reality_for_real\" >Reality, for real<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-experiment-demonstrates-that-reality-might-actually-be-real\/#A_wrap_up_for_the_ages\" >A wrap up for the ages<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNew_experiment_demonstrates_that_reality_might_actually_be_real%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;New experiment demonstrates that reality might actually be real&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n                            A team of scientists recently conducted an exciting quantum physics experiment allowing them to demonstrate that reality might actually be real.<\/p>\n<p>Well, don\u2019t everybody <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>laud all at once. It\u2019s actually an amazing feat of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s start with a simple question. How do you demonstrate that reality is real? You can pinch yourself. But that only demonstrates that you\u2019re capable of perceiving pain.<\/p>\n<p>Fictional characters can experience pain, so that doesn\u2019t give us anything to go on.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, as I wrote in a recent Neural <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letter, we can\u2019t be 100% sure we don\u2019t live in a doppelganger universe or a simulation. And, because of that, there\u2019s no way for us to be certain that we\u2019re not fictional characters ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>However, for the sake of argument, let\u2019s just assume we are real and that our universe actually exists. If that\u2019s true, we should be able to demonstrate \u2014 in some way, no matter how strange \u2014 that our reality is, in fact, objective.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is that reality isn\u2019t so simple as our ability to perceive it. What you or I experience as objective reality can differ significantly.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Doing_science\"><\/span>Doing science<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In order to truly determine whether there\u2019s an objective reality, we have to devise a way in which to demonstrate its existence without relying on our observations.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve already established that our senses are meaningless here. What we need are measurements.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s exactly what the aforementioned team of scientists, who were led by Brazilian physicist Pedro Dieguez, set out to do when they conducted the experiment that, one day, could be referred to as a keystone in our quest to define and demonstrate objective physical realism.<\/p>\n<p>According to the team\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s42005-022-00828-z#Sec5\">research paper<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We show that, in disparity with previous proposals, our setup ensures a formal link between the output visibility and elements of reality within the interferometer.<\/p>\n<p>An experimental proof-of-principle is provided for a two-spin-1\/2 system in an interferometric setup implemented in a nuclear magnetic resonance platform.<\/p>\n<p>We discuss how our results validate, to a great extent, Bohr\u2019s original formulation of the complementarity principle and unveil morphing reality states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Im_sorry_what\"><\/span>I\u2019m sorry, what?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Okay, let\u2019s back up a bit and have some fun figuring out what all that means.<\/p>\n<p>Measuring reality is a tricky endeavor. We can\u2019t step outside of reality to grab a snapshot of what ground-truth looks like. We\u2019re essentially like fish in a sealed aquarium trying to figure out what\u2019s beyond the confines of our perception.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s where quantum mechanics and Nobel laureate <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Niels_Bohr\">Niels Bohr<\/a> come in.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can imagine our universe as encompassing every physical object in existence, including us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Quantum physics tells us that, if we zoom in on anything in our universe, we\u2019ll eventually unveil a complex world made up of tiny objects that interact in ways we can\u2019t observe in our everyday reality.<\/p>\n<p>But here\u2019s the thing: if we can sort out how objects act at very, very small scales, we should be able to sort out how the universe works at very, very massive scales.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bohr seemed to believe there wasn\u2019t as much difference between the two as Newtonian physics would lead us to believe. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Started_from_the_quantum_now_were_here\"><\/span>Started from the quantum, now we\u2019re here<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of the most important discoveries we\u2019ve made concerning quantum physics is the fact that certain objects can function as both waves and particles at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>The easiest way to visualize this is to imagine the famous <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Double-slit_experiment\">double-slit experiment<\/a>. Essentially, you shoot a beam of light at a piece of cardboard with two slits in it. Since the beam is bigger than the slits, the photons \u2014 the tiny things light is made of \u2014 have to figure out how to squeeze through the slits so they can shine on the other side.<\/p>\n<p>If light was made solely of particles, we\u2019d expect it to blast through the slits and display a solid image on a background behind the cardboard. And if it was made solely of waves, we wouldn\u2019t be able to measure individual photons as discrete particles.<\/p>\n<p>As my colleague Napier Lopez puts it:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span>Thanks to Thomas Young\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Double-slit_experiment\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Double-slit_experiment\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">double-slit<\/a><span>\u00a0experiment, we definitely know that light behaves like a wave. If you point a beam of light at a piece of paper with two slits of a particular size, it\u2019ll demonstrate an interference pattern on the other side. That behavior can only happen if light behaves like a wave, as the pattern is caused by the constructive and destructive interference you expect when when waves interact.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\" data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\"\/><span>On the other hand, Einstein\u2019s seminal 1905 paper on the\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Photoelectric_effect\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Photoelectric_effect\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">photoelectric effect<\/a><span>\u00a0mathematically proved that light comes in discrete packets: particles. That threw a curveball into physics, considering the double-slit experiment had been replicated for over a hundred years at that point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\" data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\"\/><span>As it turns out, later experiments showed that even if you shoot single particles through a double-slit, they will still show an interference pattern on the other side. The only explanation is that the fundamental building blocks of the universe show the properties of both particles and waves.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Disagreeing_in_science\"><\/span>Disagreeing in science<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This has led to a lot of scientists believing in something called \u2018wave function collapse.\u2019 This, essentially, says that quantum potential \u2014 the moment when something can be either one thing or another \u2014 <em>collapses<\/em> into what it will eventually become.<\/p>\n<p>If you flip a coin, it has the potential to land on heads or tails until you observe its landing and determine the actual result. The \u2018landing,\u2019 in this case, would be somewhat analogous to waveform collapse.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But our pal Niels Bohr had a slightly different view called the<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Complementarity_(physics)\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">complementarity principle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He never mentioned anything about quantum collapse; instead, he believed objects had pairs of complementary principles that could never be measured simultaneously. This explained away the need for two different sets of physics, but it didn\u2019t solve the problem of bringing classical and quantum measurements together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The scientists who conducted the modern experiment may have validated Bohr\u2019s principle using a clever workaround \u2014 something that\u2019s never been done before \u2014 while also alluding to objective reality.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reality_for_real\"><\/span>Reality, for real<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We know that we cannot currently view objective reality from the perspective of an outsider. And Bohr tells us we can\u2019t measure the particle and wave function of a quantum object at the same time.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what we can do is reverse-engineer a quantum outcome in order to demonstrate a facet of reality that confirms wave and particle function simultaneously without observation. At least, that\u2019s the premise put forth by Dieguez\u2019s team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Per the team\u2019s paper:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Our experimental demonstration arguably show, for the first time (to the best of our knowledge), the possibility of genuinely superposing wave and particle elements of reality to an arbitrary degree.<\/p>\n<p>By employing the figures of merit RW,P(\u03c1), which lies solely on the time-local context defined by the composite state \u03c1 and observables {W,\u2009P}, thus respecting premises of standard quantum mechanics, our model avoids retro-causal inferences and suitably describe \u201cthe whole.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Fig. 3\" width=\"2000\" height=\"483\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.springernature.com\/full\/springer-static\/image\/art%3A10.1038%2Fs42005-022-00828-z\/MediaObjects\/42005_2022_828_Fig3_HTML.png\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fneural%2F2022%2F04%2F19%2Fnew-experiment-demonstrates-reality-might-actually-be-real%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Image credit: Nature, Dieguez et al..\" data-title=\"Share Image credit: Nature, Dieguez et al.. on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Image credit: Nature, Dieguez et al.. on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Image credit: Nature, Dieguez et al..<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.springernature.com\/full\/springer-static\/image\/art%3A10.1038%2Fs42005-022-00828-z\/MediaObjects\/42005_2022_828_Fig3_HTML.png\" alt=\"Fig. 3\" width=\"2000\" height=\"483\" class=\"\" srcset=\"\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_wrap_up_for_the_ages\"><\/span>A wrap up for the ages<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dieguez and their team essentially forced a quantum system to validate a portion of Bohr\u2019s principle. We can say with near total certainty that it\u2019s possible to demonstrate classical outcomes through quantum measurements.<\/p>\n<p>And, from there, physicists should be able to design further experiments to blur the lines between quantum and classical physics.<\/p>\n<p>This could potentially lead to a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grand_Unified_Theory\">grand unified theory<\/a> that fills in the blanks between the quantum world, where things can teleport, be in two places at once, and cycle between states of matter without using energy, and the classical one where <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Classical_mechanics\">what goes up must come down<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This unification isn\u2019t just the most important problem in physics, it\u2019s the holy grail of science.<\/p>\n<p>If we can apply our ability to observe quantum effects to the cosmos at large, and square such observations with our classical reality, we may be able to figure out exactly what the universe is made of, how much of it there is, and what our true relative position in it is.<\/p>\n<p>This work could be a stepping stone on the path to that enlightenment. 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