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post 405 ~ noein, quantum, and parallel theory…

September 30th, 2006

“noein”		 post 405 ~ noein, quantum, and parallel theory…

  • xjaymanx’s crash course in quantum theory ~ lol, don’t be afraid, i’ll do the best i can from high-school and college memory…

    okay, on the common everyday macroscopic scale, matter and existence could be considered “absolute”… in other words, if we see a ball bouncing along the street, you can turn around and reasonably expect it to continue bouncing behind your back… and conventional Newtonian laws (as well as extended Einsteinian/relativistic laws) of physics would apply without fail…

    however, on the subatomic or quantum level, matter and existence are not so absolute… for the simple reason that any attempt to observe them affects the outcome… that is, since the act of observation (where light is made up of photons) is on the same subatomic scale as the bouncing particles you are trying to observe in the first place, those photons would hit/interfere/affect the “certain” outcome of those particles (hence, the “uncertainty principle”)…

    using the “bouncing ball” metaphor, if you tried to see the ball, this time, you would only observe an infinite fog of possible bounces and paths, where nothing would be certain… since direct observation is impossible in ascertaining the absolute state of particles, they are described (for lack of a better way) in terms of mathematical “probabilities”… in other words, if one outcome/existence cannot be ascertained, then ALL outcomes/existences must also exist (in terms of probabilities)…

    inevitably, such a titanic contradiction between these two contradictory descriptions of the universe (macroscopic vs. quantum) even rattled Einstein and gave birth to his famous anti-quantum exclamation: “God doesn’t play dice with the universe”… consequently in the decades since, one attempt to resolve this seeming contradiction is the “many worlds” or “parallel universe” theory/interpretation…

    in a nutshell, it allows for the “certainty” of an outcome on the “observable” macro scale, while simultaneously permitting the “uncertainty” of probabilities on the “unobservable” quantum scale… in other words, while we live in one “ascertainable” universe, ALL other parallel universes must also exist as probabilities…

    but one thing that most profoundly emerges from this interpretation, is that the nature of the universe is suddenly and undeniably dependent upon the role of human observation/consciousness/awareness and its power to define an outcome/existence/reality…

  • noein ~ i bring this up because i just finished watching the anime series “noein”… and it uses quantum and parallel theories with such incredible story-telling skill!… there are many references to quantum theory including Schrodinger’s dead (and also simultaneously NOT dead) cat, as well as Einstein’s dice quote… and all without bogging the story down… on the contrary, along with its symphonically-epic soundtrack, the warm nostalgia of childhood memories, and the emotional pain of possible realities, “noein” earns FIVE STARS…

3 comments to “post 405 ~ noein, quantum, and parallel theory…”

  1.    
    nowunraveling
    September 29th, 2006 at 10:38 pm

    i kind of felt a little bad for the subbing group having to try to translate such complex and abstract concepts. but i enjoy quantum theory and studied it in college, and this series is a great introduction to those not as familiar while attaching a greatly emotional storyline. the animation wasn’t the best, but i also enjoyed its uniqueness. i also recommend checking out the movie “what the @#$% do we know” with marlee matlin.

  2.    
    xjaymanx
    September 29th, 2006 at 11:06 pm

    [gah, you replied after a just edited it again…]

    haha, yup, heisenberg’s particle position or velocity… wait– didn’t i already mention “uncertainty principle”?… but the sub group did a decent job after all…

    and about the animation, exactly!… not my preferred style (especially with the evil piglike guy), but it grew on me, and you’re right, its uniqueness was refreshing!

    p.s. i could’ve mentioned the photonic wave-particle paradox/duality, but it wasn’t really mentioned as much in the anime… lol ;)

  3.    
    xjaymanx
    September 30th, 2006 at 9:19 am

    p.p.s. lol, if you’re a fellow trek geek, then you probably loved the mind-bending paradox in TNG’s finale “All Good Things” (co-written by BSG’s Ron Moore!)… but wouldn’t failure/destruction be another possible universe?… so in the “noein” story, even if there is only one unique “noein”, and only one unique “dragon torque” who saves ALL timespaces, there should still be other infinite possibilities where all timespaces collapse for other reasons, and the multi-dimensional universe is destroyed… but if that’s true, the “noein” story shouldn’t exist in the first place… so in both “trek” and “noein”, if infinite parallel dimensions exists — including those that destroy the universe — then NO parallel dimensions exist… argh, which brings another head-aching paradox…

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