#quantum zeno effect

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Quantum "Weeping Angel" Effect Freezes Atoms in Place

The paradox of Schroedinger’s Cat famously demonstrates that a quantum cat sealed in a box is both alive and dead at the same time until we look inside, at which point it becomes one or the other. Such is the weirdness of quantum mechanics. But if a mere act of observation determines the outcome of an experiment, what happens if we never look away? Answer: time effectively stands still.

[kleeirwin]

Epistemology and The Neuro-Biological Quantum Zeno Effect

Our friend, Dr. Moninder Singh Modgil , gave this lecture to QGR staff on November 16, 2017.

Karl Popper accedes that changes in knowledge occur gradually, but being an evolutionist, he feels that the changes began billions of years ago, many of which are embedded in the structure of our sense organs and brains - and that this series of changes in knowledge will continue indefinitely. When one combines Popper's concept of gradual change in human knowledge with Poincare's concept of the result of a series of changes being a cycle, one is lead to epistemology in cyclic time. As human knowledge arises by observation and interpretation, a function of mind and intellect - the driving force behind cyclic change in human knowledge - must be cyclic changes in perspicuity and purity of human mind and intellect, as well as an ontology augmented with scientific instruments. While the changes in knowledge are accompanied by changes in brain, the quantum mechanical brain states themselves would get frozen if monitored at sufficiently small space-time intervals - the Neuro-biological Quantum Zeno Effect – whose experience would be like that of a yogic trance state.

About Dr. Moninder:

Dr. Moninder Singh Modgil specializes in the “Godel Universe,” which is a rotating universe solution of Einstein’s field equations. He received his PhD in General Relativistic Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. He did his B.Tech. (Hons.) at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, India, in Aeronautical Engineering and has worked on the aerodynamic design of the "Tejas" fighter jet. He has also worked on a collaborative atmospheric project between the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder, Colorado.

[mark-gently]

Note also the reverse Zeno effect, where Wile E. Coyote, busily chasing the Roadrunner, runs off a cliff but doesn’t fall down until he observes that he’s running in mid-air.

Mike Towler

Pilot-wave theory, Bohmian metaphysics, and the foundations of quantum mechanics: Lecture 4 (slide 36)

[rockfordjones]

Quantum zeno effect has be verified....which essentially dictates that as long as you measure and observe a quantum body i.e. an unstable particle it will “freeze” and remain unchanged....... THAT IS THE RADDEST SHIT!!!

[fiftysevenacademics]

Physicists Demonstrate "Weeping Angel" Effect

Physicists from Cornell University have demonstrated experimentally that matter can be “quantum locked,” or frozen in place, with repetitive, rapid measurements. In their paper, recently published in the Physical Review Letters, the team explains how the quantum Zeno effect can restrict the quantum tunneling of confined particles.

The team’s research does not show us that weeping angels exist (what a scary thought that would be), but that the principle behind their movement can be demonstrated in the lab. According to Physics Central, “In the television show, though, there’s something about conscious observation that makes this work; the photons bouncing off the angels have to land in someone’s eye to freeze them in place. In reality however, (extrapolating generously from this experiment), such a creature could only move in complete darkness, or perhaps only under certain wavelengths of light. For these atoms, it’s not the photo that freezes them in place, it’s the camera’s flash.”

[mishasdog-blog-blog]

"The quantum Zeno effect is a name coined by George Sudarshan and Baidyanath Misra of the University of Texas in 1977 in their analysis of the situation in which an unstable particle, if observed continuously, will never decay."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Zeno_effect

This is what the weeping angels are made of

omg

they're real

[fifty-fucking-times]

I love how Cracked.com explains things. For example, the quantum zeno effect.

"If you're a sports fan, you've probably experienced the irrational belief that your team's success relies on whether or not you're watching the TV. If you're a nerd, you're probably familiar with the weeping angels from Doctor Who who never moved when being observed. Old wives have been documenting the dramatic effect observation has on whatever you're watching when they noted that "a watched pot never boils." 

This is, of course, just the human mind finding patterns where they don't exist. To believe their eyes are controlling the outcome of the game, sports fans have to ignore the fact that they are one of thousands who probably believe the timing of their piss break is crucially important to the outcome of the game. The old wives' tale is really just a testament to how boring life used to be for married women over the age of 30. And Doctor Who is about an ugly guy who time travels via phone booth, so it's not the height of scientific rigor."