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Preeminence of Observation - 03-03-2008, 01:57 AM

It seems to me that the two great theories of our day are based largely upon the preeminience of observation. Quantum mechanics, for instance, is so focused upon observers and the observed that it fails to describe what the world would be like in our absence. In another vein, general relativity seems to focus on the observer as being central and stationary as long as he/she/it is associated with an appropriate gravitational frame of reference. GR also suggest that all laws of physics must be the same for all observers regardless of their respective frames of reference. Does anyone out there have thoughts as to the wisdom of this emphasis?
  
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Re: Preeminence of Observation - 05-05-2008, 08:45 PM

Translation: Quantum Mechanics can't answer questions that are not asked. What should really bother people is the fact that there is no difference between an experiment and every collision in the universe as it happens.

General relativity isn't really about the observer. It's about the correctness of the numbers.
  
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