The third quantum reality was conceived by Walter Heitler. His interpretation is reality is an undivided wholeness. This basically says that everything in our universe is not separate items such as planets, stars, elements, atoms or even humans. Everything is part of an inseparable whole. In this interpretation Heitler accepts the modified Copenahgenist observer created reality, but adds that the act of observation dissolves the barrier between observer and the observed. The observer is a necessary part of the whole. Once obsereved the object is now an inseparable part of the observer.
The fourth quantum reality interpretation was developed by Hugh Everett at Princeton in 1957. His relaity is called the many worlds interpretation. This interpretation is very popular and used in many science fiction novels and movies. The latest one I can think of is “The One” starring Jet Li. Everett’s reality consists of a steadily increasing number of parallel universes or as some call it a multiverse. This is by far considered to be the most outrageous interpretation. In Everett’s reality every time a measurement is taken a myriad of universes is created. In his reality for everything that can have multiple outcomes there is a universe or alternate reality that fulfills one possibility. So for every person in Everett’s relaity there are trillions of universes that enact every possible outcome of our lives.
The fifth quantum reality interpretation is called quantum logic. It says that the universe obeys a non-human kind of reasoning which we don’t understand. He says that replacing old concepts of reality with new ones will not work. We must completely forget our way of reasoning and use quantum logic. Logic is the most basic human function. Logic governs everything we do. But sometimes what is logical to us isn’t true. We must think in a new way dubbed quantum logic that is yet to be developed. This interpretation says that as soon as we throw out classic physics and completely figure out everything about quantum reality we will be able to think quantum logically and therefore understand relaity.
The sixth quantum reality is called Neorealism. This interpretation says that the universe is made of ordinary objects as opposed to quantum objects. An ordinary object can be described as an object that displays no quantum properties and posses attributes of its own that are independent of being observed. This view is the least accepted view of our universe by physicists because it throws out quantum reality altogether and states that are universe can be explained in terms of classical physics. Many physicists such as Bohr said this theory is like saying the world is flat and the sun revolves around the earth. The Neorealists argue that the other interpretations just make things seem more complex than they really are.
The seventh quantum reality says that consciousness creates reality. This is a modified version of the observer created reality interpretation. It says those only entities that posses consciousness can create a reality. This interpretation is less accepted because its says that only living things that think can create reality. So before any living thinking being was around nothing existed. Most physicists such as Einstein, Bohr and Heitler argued that this can not be considered as a full theory because it says something magical happened to create consciousness so there could be reality, but consciousness couldn’t have been created first without reality. This interpretation is only embraced by a few physicists.
The eighth and final interpretation is The Duplex Universe of Heisenberg reality. This interpretation was conceived by Werner Heisenberg. It says the universe is actually to universes consisting of potentials and actualities. Heisenberg came up with this relaity after accepting the observer created relaity interpretation but asked if the observer creates reality what does he create it from? To answer this question he came up with his duplex relaity. According to Heisenberg we live in the world of actuality and relaity is created when the observer creates it by observing it. This reality is created from the universe of possibility. In the universe of possibility every possible out come is present and only one is pulled from the universe of possibility to the universe of actuality and that is the reality we see.
The eight versions of reality proposed by the greatest minds of all time represent the human desire t understand everything around us. None of the realities proposed have been scientifically proven and leave room for even more interpretations. The fundamental question of what reality is has been on the human mind since man began to try to understand the world around him. This question will continue to keep us thinking and dreaming of what the universe really is until its solved, if it ever is. Humans want to be a part of the world around them and understand it wholly. This can all be summed up in one paragraph by Albert Einstein.
“ A human being is part of the whole, called by us “Universe”; a part limited in time and space. He experiments himself, his thoughts and feelings as something from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely but striving for such achievement is, in itself, a part of the liberation and foundation for inner security.”