!!Thread Part 1 (10/16/20) — Quantum Theory and Practical Applications

Warning: This will be a long

Over the last several months we’ve seen many articles coming out about the possibilities of ‘Quantum Technologies’

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You’ve probably heard of Quantum Computers, Quantum Financial System, Quantum Internet, and so on.

Over the next several years we are going to hear the term Quantum in association with MANY technologies. There are

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You’ve probably heard of Quantum Computers, Quantum Financial System, Quantum Internet, and so on.

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Over the next several years we are going to hear the term Quantum in association with MANY technologies. There are many corporations and governments investing Billions of Dollars in this Technology ...

... it’s coming ...

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Many have asked about what it means, and more importantly what it means to Humanity

In short, Quantum technology has the potential to have the greatest change or effect to our lives/society since the invention of the Solid State Transistor, if not greater

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There are many aspects of Quantum Theory and its Practical Applications.

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The Plan of this Thread is to give a basic understanding of the Theory in order to provide more insight into real world applications and it’s effects on our lives

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You might have heard of the ‘Quantum Financial System’ — according to articles this system is up and running (currently in parallel with current Swiss (Fiat) System). It’s based on several technologies which we will discuss in the coming threads.

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We’ll cover this in some detail in the next Thread ...

This thread will deal with basic concepts of Quantum Mechanics and hopefully some interesting tidbits

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Though the discussions of Quantum Theory can get Very Complex and Very Theoretical, I will try to decompose this complexity into something interesting and understandable

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Throughout our history people fought change for a variety of reasons. In hindsight it’s easy to go back and simply state ‘people are afraid of the unknown’ — better put,

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Everyone Should be Skeptical of Change. Change for Change sake is rarely good. And with new technology comes changes many simply don’t want to deal with

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I recall as a kid reading articles from the late 1800’s, early 1900’s. They came out with this new technology called a ‘Steam Driven Tractor’

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Farmers were up in arms over this. They realized these machines would change farming from horse driven plows to this new ‘machine’

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There are pictures of Farmers taking a dozen horses, putting them behind a plow to show how horses could complete with the ‘tractor’

Imagine the number of blacksmiths put out of a job due to the ‘Steam Driven Tractor’

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It may seem odd to us today, but it was a dramatic change to them. And such changes force society to change with it

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In the 1980’s we saw the advent of Personal Computers (PCs). As with any technology it brought positive and negative change(s)

We can accomplish things never thought possible in the past with computers, but it’s had serious negative effects on society

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People can communicate in way never thought possible, making it much more difficult for Groups and/or Governments to Lie and Deceive People. Hence the reason why China has the ‘Great FireWall’ in an Attempt to suppress real news about the Chinese Government

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But, as we’ve seen, virtually on a daily basis it’s also makes it easier for governments and groups to manipulate news to uninformed citizens ...

... a good reason why Everyone must keep themselves Informed ...

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As a society, we need educated people, debate pros/cons, pass legislation, and regulation to ensure Technology is not used for illicit purposes and is used for the betterment of

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society. Something that’s difficult to do in a politicized society where part of the country is hellbent on destroying society simply for power and control

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As many know who have followed me for any length of time I’ve taught many classes on a variety of subject matter at Universities, Fortune 500 companies, and US Military. The

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one concept I’ve always spoken to at length during classes, when it comes to technology ...

... Technology has Great Potential to Help Humanity, as LONG AS we Do NOT become a Slave to it ...

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A good example of this is cell phones. How many people do you know who cannot go a few minutes without picking up their phone? Who must post personal aspects of their lives

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on Public Social Media? Who have lost the ability to communicate one-on-one with another Human Being?

Technology should be designed and used to Enhance Our Lives, not Control It

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I mention this, because ... as we go through the next few threads we’ll see the coming Quantum Technologies will have HUGE Effect on ALL our Lives. This, regardless if you have a direct connection to it or not.

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As noted above. It’s coming, and the best thing we can do as citizens of this Great Country. Educate ourselves and ensure we’re part of the discussion for change

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All Information used in the following has links (references) at the bottom of the Thread. I’ve tried to use as much of each article as possible

Okay let’s get to it ...

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In short — Quantum Mechanics is a physical science dealing with the behavior of matter and energy on the scale of atoms and subatomic particles/waves

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It also forms the basis for the contemporary understanding of how very large objects such as stars and galaxies, and cosmological events such as the Big Bang, can be analyzed and explained.

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Quantum mechanics is the foundation of several related disciplines including nanotechnology, condensed matter physics, quantum chemistry, structural biology, particle physics, and electronics.

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The term "quantum mechanics" was first coined in 1924.

The acceptance by the general physics community of quantum mechanics is due to its accurate prediction of the physical behavior of systems

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Even Einstein’s General Relativity is limited -- in ways quantum mechanics is not -- for describing systems at the atomic scale or smaller, at very low or very high energies, or at the lowest temperatures.

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Through a century of experimentation and applied science, quantum mechanical theory has proven to be very successful and practical.

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The foundations of quantum mechanics date from the early 1800s, but the real beginnings of QM date from the work of Max Planck in 1900.

Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr soon made important contributions to what is now called the "old quantum theory."

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However, it was not until 1924 that a more complete picture emerged with Louis de Broglie's matter-wave hypothesis and the true importance of quantum mechanics became clear.

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Early researchers differed in their explanations of the fundamental nature of what we now call electromagnetic radiation.

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Some maintained that light and other frequencies of electromagnetic radiation are composed of particles, while others asserted that electromagnetic radiation is a wave phenomenon.

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In classical physics these ideas are mutually contradictory.
Ever since the early days of QM scientists have acknowledged that neither idea by itself can explain electromagnetic radiation.

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Despite the success of quantum mechanics, it does have some controversial elements.

For example, the behavior of microscopic objects described in quantum mechanics is very different from our everyday experience, which may provoke some degree of incredulity.

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Most of classical physics is now recognized to be composed of special cases of quantum physics theory and/or relativity theory.

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Dirac brought relativity theory to bear on quantum physics so that it could properly deal with events that occur at a substantial fraction of the speed of light.

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Classical physics, however, also deals with mass attraction (gravity), and no one has yet been able to bring gravity into a unified theory with the relativized quantum theory

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The two major interpretations of quantum theory's implications for the nature of reality are the Copenhagen interpretation and the many-worlds theory. Niels Bohr proposed the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum theory, which asserts that a particle is whatever it is

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measured to be (for example, a wave or a particle), but that it cannot be assumed to have specific properties, or even to exist, until it is measured. In short, Bohr was saying that objective reality does not exist. This translates to a principle

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called superposition that claims that while we do not know what the state of any object is, it is actually in all possible states simultaneously, as long as we don't look to check.

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To illustrate this theory, we can use the famous and somewhat cruel analogy of Schrodinger's Cat. First, we have a living cat and place it in a thick lead box. At this stage, there is no question that the cat is alive. We then

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throw in a vial of cyanide and seal the box. We do not know if the cat is alive or if the cyanide capsule has broken and the cat has died. Since we do not know, the cat is both dead and alive, according to quantum law - in a superposition of

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states. It is only when we break open the box and see what condition the cat is that the superposition is lost, and the cat must be either alive or dead.

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The second interpretation of quantum theory is the many-worlds (or multiverse theory. It holds that as soon as a potential exists for any object to be in any state, the universe of that object transmutes into a series of parallel

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universes equal to the number of possible states in which that the object can exist, with each universe containing a unique single possible state of that object. Furthermore, there is a mechanism for interaction between these

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universes that somehow permits all states to be accessible in some way and for all possible states to be affected in some manner. Stephen Hawking and the late Richard Feynman are among the scientists who have expressed a preference for the many-worlds theory.

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Although scientists throughout the past century have balked at the implications of quantum theory - Planck and Einstein among them - the theory's principles have repeatedly been supported by experimentation, even when

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the scientists were trying to disprove them. Quantum theory and Einstein's theory of relativity form the basis for modern physics. The principles of quantum physics are being

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applied in an increasing number of areas, including quantum optics, quantum chemistry, quantum computing, and quantum cryptography.

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As you might have gleamed from the information thus far, Quantum Theory, at least in part, is controversial even in the Scientific community, however, as experimentation and practical applications have proven themselves, many have embraced it.

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You might have also noticed that Quantum Theory is based on the ‘probability’ of States

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In other words, if you wanted to measure a particle’s state the act of measuring would have an effect on that state, so equations and theories have been used to look at ‘probabilities’ and ‘effects’

Weird, right?

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So now we have a decent idea of the concept of Quantum Theory. For those truly interested in a more in-depth look, I plan on writing another more in-depth thread, after the discussions on applications that we will all see soon.

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One thing I’d like to end this thread with.

There is a concept, alluded to in this thread called “Observer Effect”

The "observer" implies a person—its results have led to the popular belief that a conscious mind can directly affect

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reality. The need for the "observer" to be conscious is not supported by scientific research, and has been pointed out as a misconception rooted in a ‘poor understanding’ of

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quantum theory, with its effect apparently being the generation of information at its most basic level that produces the effect

Quantum State

In quantum physics, a quantum state is a mathematical entity that provides a probability distribution for the

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outcomes of each possible measurement on a system. Knowledge of the quantum state together with the rules for the system's evolution in time exhausts all that can be predicted about the system's behavior

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As you can see, from a Theoretical and Practical Point of View, Thought can Effect the Basic Levels of Reality

Now the concept of Thought effecting Reality is for a different Thread, however, it Demonstrates the Power of Thought

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A quick example, in the 1960’s at Stanford University it was shown, through experimentation that Thought could effect the outcome of “coin toss’, and later, random number generators

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I’m a firm believer in what’s referred to as Intelligent Design of the Universe, as was Einstein. The patterns and characteristics of the Universe are such that it would be

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mathematically impossible for it to occur by chance — It was built by an Intelligent Being, ‘God’

Hence, arguably the reason for the power of Thought on reality

Have you ever notice that people of deep spirituality & faith are typically happier?

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Your attitude and thoughts on a Situation (Reality) will have and effect on it’s outcome

And the Power of Prayer on Reality can be Dramatic !

... This is Not by Accident ! ...

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