Is there any scriptural basis to the quantum physics idea that the observer determines the observation?
From Sri Chaitanya Chandra Pr
This quantum mechanics is strange phenomenon. “The result of any experiment depends on the observer”
Are there any sastric evidences for this theory. Also can you please explain this theory in brief.
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question from Chaitanya Chandra Prabhu quantum mechanics is a strange phenomenon the result of any experiment depends on the observed are there any shastric evidences for this theory and can you please explain this theory in brief the theory I have explained in a separate answer does quantum physics prove the existence of god you can hear that answer to know more about the theory I will focus here on the state specificity on the dependence on the observer within quantum physics so this percept is dependence on observer is very similar to the concept within the vedic tradition of the three modes of material nature because of the three modes our perception gets conditioned that means that a person in goodness does not see the same way as does a person in passion or ignorance so in spiritual circles or in philosophical perspective knowledge is state specific depending on the state of my consciousness I will see things in a particular way and the same principle applies in quantum physics also so essentially in quantum physics we don’t have any objective reality of the phenomena that is there that means whether electron exists or not at a particular place or something similar some other phenomena like that we can’t know we can know it only when we measure it but when we measure it the very act of measurement changes that which is observed so because of this in quantum physics the idea is that the observer influences the observation now how does this happen within quantum physics that is not something which is understandable from the material perspective because from the material perspective science does not as of it now acknowledge consciousness as a fundamental reality within nature so once we acknowledge consciousness as a fundamental reality then depending on the presence or absence of an observer certain phenomena get affected so what this means is that consciousness plays a role in the process of scientific observation this was something which is not acknowledged earlier in Newtonian physics whereas now it has been increasingly acknowledged so in that sense quantum physics is a step forward in science coming closer to reality but it is also a step into greater darkness because quantum physics makes things profoundly complex and a scientist says that quantum physics is not only as strange as we can imagine it is more strange than what we can imagine another scientist said that if you are not shocked by studying quantum physics then you have not understood it so what all these quotes essentially signify is that as we move with a materialistic paradigm with a materialistic framework and try to study subtler and subtler phenomena then because our framework is limited then just as with my eyes I cannot hear sound or with a fishing net I cannot catch bacteria because the fishing net has holes which are far bigger bacteria will easily slip away so like that the gross material paradigm becomes more and more untenable, unsuitable for understanding reality as we go into more and more subtle aspects of it so you can hear the other question answer because that is quite detailed to understand quantum physics basically but with your specific answer yes, just as from the Vedic perspective the observer’s consciousness determines what the observer will see Janaki Pandit and Ananithi Shastra use the example that a beautiful woman may be seen by a lusty young man as an object of enjoyment by a sage as a display of illusion by a child as a board of affection as a mother and by a tiger as a lunch box so this is that this is now a very crude approximation to the reality of quantum physics but the point is the observer and the observer’s presence and consciousness determines how the observed reality will be perceived so the same principle this is Janaki Pandit’s example is generic the more analytical or specific example within Vedic philosophy is the three modes and how the three modes color our perception according to our individual consciousness and which mode is affecting us at what time similarly just as it can happen at a gross level where all of us can see it level of everyday perception just as it happens for those who understand the Shastra Chakshu and the Vedic scriptures similarly the same thing happens when one goes deep into science into quantum physics one starts perceiving differently based on different based on whether we take the role of the conscious observer or we don’t acknowledge the role of the conscious