God vs quantum physics

[aumentou]

The double slit experiments demonstrate a difference in the behaviour of electrons when observed and when not.

God is everywhere, and observes everything.

If God were everywhere, and saw everything, the electrons would always be observed.

Hence the experiment demonstrates that god is not all-observing on a quantum level.

Comments

[little_frank]

*snigger*

[longrat.livejournal.com]

or perhaps that god likes to feck with scientists?

[grok-mctanys.livejournal.com]

I'm sure that Christian (or other woo-believing) "scientists" would either

a) Claim that gods are not omniobservant, but omniscient. They don't need to observe, they just know.

b) Claim that "quantum" means just what they choose it to mean - neither more nor less - and would real scientists please stop hijacking their words!

*headdesk*

[glitterybint.livejournal.com]

hhhm, to play devil's (gods?)advocate- the double slit experiments show wave particle duality when observed *by humans* but, since God is, by definition *not human* how can we hypothesise what he/she/it can observe or can't?

[rich-jacko.livejournal.com]

Or that God is omnipotent and so can observe electrons without changing their behaviour. Also longrat's answer :o)

[grok-mctanys.livejournal.com]

Potency is the means to effect change. Seeing as you are hypothesising that gods can also not effect changes at will, does that make them also omni-impotent? ;-)

(omniunpotent? omniapotent? omniantipotent?)

[rich-jacko.livejournal.com]

Maybe God changes the electron and then changes it back again before we can notice ;o)

[bonedancer.livejournal.com]

I'm neither a particle physicist nor a botherer of God, but logically if God is observing everything all the time no "unobserved" control group is possible. So you can say that electrons behave in a particular way when observed by us and God, and you can say that electrons behave differently when observed by God but not by us, but you can't say what happens when they're completely unobserved because - in theory - they never are.

Perhaps the electrons would act in yet a third way if He wasn't observing either.

Possibly this third behaviour would be some sort of tea break.

(Disclosure: couldn't be arsed watching the video, apologies if this is somehow addressed satisfactorily within)