Volume 19 No 1 (2021)
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Does Observation Create Reality?
Daegene Song
Abstract
It has been suggested that the locality of information transfer in quantum entanglement indicates that reality is
subjective, meaning that there is an innate inseparability between the physical system being observed and the
conscious mind of the observer. This paper attempts to outline the relation between macroscopic and microscopic
worlds in the measurement process in regards to whether observation creates reality. Indeed, the Maxwell's demon
thought experiment suggests a correlation between a microscopic (quantum) system and a macroscopic (classical)
apparatus, which leads to an energy transfer from the quantum vacuum to the physical world, similar to particle
creation from a vacuum. This explanation shows that observation in quantum theory conserves, rather than creates,
energy.
Keywords
Maxwell’s Demon, Reality, Measurement, Entanglement
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