What is the "Quantum Measurement Problem"?

Quantum mechanics was established by an equation that was discovered by a Austrian physicist named Erwin Schrdinger in 1926. In mathematical terms Schrdinger's equation is: H(x,t)=ih(d(x,t)/dt), H means "Hamiltonian", means "wavefunction" and h is "Planck's constant" (which is 6.626068 10^ -34 m2 kg / s). In layman's terms for this discussion Schrdinger's equation is the input of the shape of a quantum mechanical probability wave at a brief moment in time. Additionally, this equation grants scientist the chance to determine how the probability wave comes to view at any other time, later or earlier. If the probability wave is correlated with a particle such as an electron, scientist can use it to express an outcome in advance of what the probability is at any particular time and an experiment will discover the electron at any particular location. In these experiments the established formulation of quantum mechanics illustrates the development of phenomena using two distinct stages. Stage one: is the probability wave or as scientist call it the "wavefunction" of a particle such as an electron develops in accordance with Schrdinger's equation. This equation guarantees that the shape of the wavefunction changes without difficulty and in a gradual fashion. Stage two: scientist analyze the observable reality by measuring the electron's position, yet oddly enough when scientist perform this task the shape of the electron's wavefunction changes abruptly and sharply. Another bizarre aspect of all this is in accordance with Schrdinger's equation, wavefunctions do NOT collapse. Wavefunction collapse made known after Schrdinger presented his equation is an attempt to compensate for what the experiments were truly revealing. An "uncollapsed wavefunction" explicates that a particle is there and here yet the experiments never reveal this. The experiments find a particle at only one location and never find it a quantum superposition state. Why and how does a scientist making a measurement cause a wavefunction collapse? Before a scientist performs the experiment the wavefunctions behaves in a normal fashion, yet when a scientist performs any measurement the universality of quantum mechanics shows it limits. Niels Bohr believed that the equipment that scientist are using have colossal collections of elementary particles and in a causal sense are controlled by the laws of classical physics not quantum mechanics. John Wheeler believed that wavefunction collapses never happened. According to John Wheeler every possible outcome in a wavefunction happens with his theories of the "Many Worlds Interpretation" & "Parallel Universes". David Bohm belived that there was a causal process that starts from an initial state of small significance and builds upon itself, thereby becoming larger & cause hidden variables to produce this discrepancy in quantum mechanics. Lastly, what do you think is causing this "Quantum Measurement Problem"? Herr von Bradford

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Richard Chino The hidden variable is the human witnessing this. Like Reply 11 9 hours ago via mobile

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John Gribbin So wrong! What about Heisenberg, Dirac, Born and the others. Very, very bad history. Seehttp://www.amazon.co.uk/In-Search-Of.../dp/0552125555

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Geri Brady Gremlins. Like Reply 4 9 hours ago

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Mary Moss ???? Like Reply 1 4 hours ago

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Kevin Sullivan no TL;DR? Like Reply 1 7 hours ago

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Brian McLoughlin perception of an event, changes it Like Reply 1 9 hours ago

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Mark Jacobson How the hell did people think of this stuff a hundred years ago.. Like Reply 3 9 hours ago via mobile

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David Harris No I meant " warped around it "!

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Kinantan Tjiptawirawan Cerebral Cortex Like Reply 1 8 hours ago

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Stefano Zanni Like Reply 8 hours ago

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Frederick M'Cormack Let's not forget Heisenberg's contribution, though not as elegant. Like Reply 12 minutes ago

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David Harris I loved P-Chem. You either get it or you don't. There's no in between. It takes a warped mind to love it! Like Reply about an hour ago via mobile

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Peg Reekie Right! Now come back to earth for us ordinary people. People=coffee in the AM! Like Reply about an hour ago via mobile

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Justin Kennison quantum entanglement. The observer's measuring devices and the waveform become a coupled system. Like Reply 1 about an hour ago

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Tony Wylder Another variable here is the quality of the observer. The greater the quality, however you would like to measure that, the more effect the observer has on the system. Not just more but the style, flavor and color of that attention. Isn't a human a min...See More Like Reply 3 hours ago via mobile Edited

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Kane Fay Consciousness Like Reply 6 hours ago via mobile

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JJ McKenna Hidden variables, the equipment or we are in fact in a simulation and that's another pesky mechanism preventing us from discovering everything. Well that's my lay man's opinion on it. Like Reply 7 hours ago

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Lerrel Reller Could the variety of actual physical and/or mental characteristics of any particular "observer" be too overwhelming of a variable for which to compensate or is it "simply" eye to brain/mind processing that obtains the result? Like Reply 1 8 hours ago via mobile Edited

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Vasu Nila quantum chemistry.. Like Reply 8 hours ago

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Cody Scott The correlation is relative the unknown function of waveforms as phased separate from the given observable scope, thus the practice of observing inherently obstructs the view of researcher and is quantified in the that the underlying function is not fully understood. Like Reply 1 9 hours ago via mobile

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Marvin Sato And for us laymen..it's alien...no, not from outer space..really alien at least for me..even if I got 3.5 in the subject in college. Like Reply 9 hours ago via mobile

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Nils Georg Holmstrm "An "uncollapsed wavefunction" explicates that a particle is there and here yet the experiments never reveal this. The experiments find a particle at only one location and never find it a quantum superposition state." ....det r allts bde hr och dr, fast bara nstan!See Translation

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Akiel Perez-Rico Mateo-Wallrun Epistaxis.. lol Like Reply 1 9 hours ago via mobile

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Deb Bouchard Warp speed? Warp threads? Oh never mind. I'm clearly out of the loop Like Reply 40 minutes ago via mobile

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David Harris You do. I meant the other kind of warped! Like Reply 45 minutes ago via mobile

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Deb Bouchard Ok you lost me. And here I thought I had a warped mind... Like Reply 50 minutes ago via mobile

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Iain Maddox I only have a superficial understanding of quantum, it is amazing and unbelievable and everything and nothing all at the same time. Entanglement and tunnelling and exclusion principles are the here and now, then next Like Reply about an hour ago via mobile

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Marilyn O'Neal Huh? Like Reply about an hour ago via mobile

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Iam Syed Consciousness? i think its waveform right? Like Reply about an hour ago

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Donavon Gaudet The person has to find a way observe from two places in space. Or have it mirrored back to them and observe it both forward and backwards. Like Reply about an hour ago via mobile

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Dominador A. Eusebio In quantum theory, energy matters more than mass and relativistic principle is another parameter to consider plus the many behaviours of energy as influence by a lot of factors in its environment. Like Reply 2 hours ago via mobile

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Bashir Abdelrahman The inability to observe this process directly has given rise to different interpretations of quantum mechanics, and poses a key set of questions that each interpretation must answer. The wavefunction in quantum mechanics evolves deterministically acco...See More Like Reply 3 hours ago via mobile

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DineshRahul Jeldi !!!:-) Like Reply 5 hours ago

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Beau Gettings for all these are variables that your mind has made to consequent existence but our minds in fact have no idea what they are in the first place which is induced by instinctual powers for all we know what we see feel and hear could quiet possibly be fiction in the first place. Like Reply 6 hours ago

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Umit Dizbay Quantum Measurement Problem is not community matter..there are a lot of social and economic problems in this society...solving these problems are very very important ...good works and lucks to you.... Like Reply 7 hours ago

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Nicolas Neill Quantum decoherence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_decoherence)

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Faran Khan de brogly and burgon uncertain principle contfibute to make quantum pb Like Reply 8 hours ago

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Udashi Bandor The time ripple effect might be the brilliant one if you ignore the case of relativity @ Keith marlin Like Reply 8 hours ago via mobile

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Keith Marlin The time ripple effect ! Like Reply 8 hours ago via mobile

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Udashi Bandor This is the perception or human knowledge like schroedinger's cat Or like pooper's law Like Reply 8 hours ago via mobile

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Kwamina Forson the mind Like Reply 9 hours ago

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Ed Needham Waves interacting in two distinct mediums. Like Reply 8 hours ago via mobile

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Yasunao Kajisa When we decide to apply "Coordinate"observing problem is appeared. Creator never mind which coordinate should use for calculation. Like Reply 3 hours ago via mobile

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Alexander Rommel the human perception Like Reply 9 hours ago

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Krishna Raj Pandey Its Schrodinger's big cat. Like Reply 8 hours ago

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Manjul Walia very hard Like Reply 9 hours ago