Quantum Quackery, New Age Physics (dd 1997)


	Quantum Quackery, New Age Physics (dd 1997)

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3-19-2007 2:32 PM

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quantum quackery, quantum, quantum physics, quantum mechanics, science, theism, religion, mysticism, consciousness, physics, skeptic, stenger, chopra, new age, spirituality

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4f3223a4-3f27-485b-a7f1-4633a326d8d1/40D2B571-9296-4D2E-BB7A-3855E97A9B8D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.csicop.org/si/9701/quantum-quackery.html" href="http://www.csicop.org/si/9701/quantum-quackery.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.csicop.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.csicop.org/si/9701/quantum-quackery.html"><H1>Quantum Quackery</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.csicop.org/si/9701/quantum-quackery.html"><A href="http://www.csicop.org/si/"><CITE>Skeptical Inquirer</CITE> magazine</A>
: <A href="http://www.csicop.org/si/9701/">January/February 1997</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.csicop.org/si/9701/quantum-quackery.html"><P>
Victor J. Stenger</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.csicop.org/si/9701/quantum-quackery.html"><EM>Quantum physics is claimed to support the mystical notion
that the mind creates reality. However, an objective reality,
with no special role for consciousness, human or cosmic, is
consistent with all observations.</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.csicop.org/si/9701/quantum-quackery.html">
Quantum mechanics, the centerpiece of modern physics, is misinterpreted as
implying that the human mind controls reality and that the universe is one
connected whole that cannot be understood by the usual reduction to parts.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.csicop.org/si/9701/quantum-quackery.html"><P>
However, no compelling argument or evidence requires that quantum mechanics
plays a central role in human consciousness or provides instantaneous,
holistic connections across the universe. Modern physics, including quantum
mechanics, remains completely materialistic and reductionistic while being
consistent with all scientific observations.  
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