Quantum Mechanics

Quantum Theory:
•	The whole universe was created by a spontaneous “Quantum Burst” in a “Quantum Vacuum”; that is a burst of energy where nothing at all existed.
•	Max Plank (1901) observed radiation (light/energy waves) as a stream of randomly spaced particles or photons, rather than a continuous stream.
•	It was later shown that particles seem to change depending on how they are observed, and so appear to be random.
•	Because of this spontaneity, probabilities not absolutes, rule any physical system.
•	EG -Gloves in the boxes: There are two boxes, and a pair of gloves. One glove is placed in each box and the lid is closed. Do the gloves still exist, without opening the box? The gloves are said to be in an indeterminate state - neither there or not until the box is opened. How do you find the right glove? The only way to find out is to open one box and work out what is in the other one - measurement. So, the main view of quantum mechanics is that quantum possibilities (the indeterminate) become more determinate probabilities on measurement.

Agrees with:
•	Theory that “Whatever we observe, we influence, and an object has no existence beyond our observation of it.”

Contradicts:
•	NEWTONIAN PHYSICS: “All events are subject to scientific laws and are theoretically predictable.”
•	EINSTEIN: “Nothing is random: God doesn’t play dice.”
•	Undermines Determinism debate, Deism and other theologies by stating that mechanical processes are not all as predictable as we thought.

Leaves Questions:
•	GOD OF THE GAPS: Was the origin of the universe a spontaneous event, or was there a divine being who planned this development?
•	Quantum effects are only seen at subatomic levels. For larger objects, such as a person, the individual energy steps are extremely small and unnoticeable. Otherwise we would find ourselves living in a bizarre quantum world where everything happened in jumps, as with a blinking strobe light. Why is this? Is this an effect of us influencing what we observe.