Phase states in Physics deal with this whole issue of uncertainty. Schrodinger's Cat is a famous thought experiment where a kitty in a box is trapped with a bomb set to go off if and only if, a particle with a set half life decays either triggering the bomb or not. Chances are 50%/50% that the bomb will explode, determined only by an uncertainty of that one particle's possible decay. Until the box is opened there is no way of knowing if our kitty still lives or not. As a reduction of the "Phase State" of that particle's subatomic uncertainties, this "Phase State" includes both the bomb and our cat. Erwin Schrodinger was a proponent of the classical physics of wave mechanics and had suggested that the resulting (Reductionist) phase state shouldn't matter. And that the cat is obviously either dead or alive when the box is opened. He'd say, "There has to be some way to predict the outcome, using Classical Physics." The quantum theorists (Heisenberg and others) proved how the sub atomic physics of particle states are in a statistically mechanical probability only. And therefore anything that is under the control of these mechanical uncertainties will also be subject to theese very same "Statistical Mechanics." In other words even our kitty is simultaneously both dead and alive, until we finally check for the results of this indeterminate uncertainty, reducible as a simultaneous "Superposition" of states. (Popular tea shirt amongst physics geeks shows a cat with the statement, "Schrodinger's Cat, Wanted Dead and Alive.") Our kitty doesn't seem to be observing the laws of cause and effect.
Steven Hawking has been paraphrased to say, "I don't care what the nature of reality is, I just want my experiments to work out, proving me to be correct." Much nonsense has been made of this confusing Quantum Superposition Mythos, used as justification for all kinds of unrelated New Age garbage. Peddled nonsense like, "You create your own reality," and "Scarcity is an illusion" Or ,"It's all in your own head." Now I don't to devalue the importance of having a heathy attitude, but generally our reality is a Shared Property, and not a magical outcome of a "Superposition of Opportunity," (self fulfilling prophecies simply are bad medicine.) And yes, poverty, hardship and loneliness are real. We just have to take responsibility for our own lives whether we have been dealt a "Bad Hand" or not. (Probabilities randomize personal good or bad fortune, symbolized by a"Wheel of Fortune.") Blaming yourself for all the difficulties in life is just as self defeating as is blaming everyone else. If we want to reinvent our shared future histories, we are in essence reevaluating possibilities and predictably statistical distributions. We may not always be able to predict the future, (Much less directly create it,) but as is the case with all careers, this requires speculation. And it is always advisable to imagine possible desired outcomes.
Best of luck with your personal lives and shared fortunes.
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