"And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him."- Hebrews 11:6
Every religion says we must accept God by faith. Does God Exist? Is there evidence for the existence of God?- I don’t know. The existence of
God cannot be proved or disproved. Ervin Schroedinger was the one who went closest to
proving His existence.
Ervin Schroedinger was a Nobel
Prize-winning Austrian physicist who developed a number of fundamental results
in the field of quantum theory, which formed the basis of wave mechanics. He
formulated the wave equation (stationary and time-dependent Schrödinger
equation)
In
quantum mechanics, Schrodinger equation is a partial differential equation that
describes how the quantum state of a quantum system changes with time.
Where
ħ is the Planck constant, the symbol ∂/∂x indicates a partial derivative with
respect to one dimensional co-ordinate, Ψ (the Greek letter psi) is the wave
function of the quantum system, m is the mass, E is the energy and V is the potential
energy of the particle.
This
equation simply signifies until a particle (we are referring to sub atomic
level) is measured and observed, it actually
exists in all the position simultaneously. For example, if we are looking at
the spin of an electron, it could have been a spin up, but before the
observation was made, it could have been a spin down. But as per Schrodinger,
the electron is a superposition i.e. it has both spin up and spin down simultaneously
prior to we look at it. To make this even simpler its like tossing a coin. There
are only 2 outcomes- heads or tails. But until the observation is made, the
coin is heads and tails up simultaneously. Heavy, huh!
So Schrodinger
made a thought experiment. It involved a cat and no cat was harmed as it was a
thought experiment.
Let’s
take a box with a lid having a cat. Inside it we will put a radioactive atom (single
atom) and a closed flask of Cyanide and a Geiger counter. If the Geiger counter
detects radioactivity (i.e., a single atom decaying), the flask is shattered,
releasing the poison that kills the cat. Quantum mechanics says that after a
while, the cat is simultaneously alive and dead. Yet, when one looks in the
box, one sees the cat alive or dead, not both alive and dead.
There
are 2 interpretation of the thought experiment. First one is called the many worlds or multiverse theory. It states
that anything can happen does happen. So when the cat was observed, in one
universe the cat was found to be alive and in another universe, the cat was
dead. The theory says that when the cat was in the box, it was in a superposition
of both alive and dead. When the box was uncovered, a split in the universe occurred,
where one universe the cat was dead and in another the cat was alive. The implication
is mind boggling. Every time when there is a one or more possible outcomes the
universe splits and creates copies where all possible outcomes come true.
It's
like you are sitting in a room reading this containing many waves, radio waves
of different frequencies. You can tune in to one of the frequency and listen to
what you want at the same time you are comfortable with other frequencies
present in the room. In the same way these frequencies are wave functions. In this
room there a wave function of dinosaurs or a wave function of Hitler winning
the Second World War or a wave function where we have advanced so much in
medical science that we have achieved immortality.
Thats the Multiverse!. If you don’t like that theory then you have to believe the second
interpretation. Second
interpretation says that the act of observation makes an existence of the cat. Observation
requires consciousness. Therefore consciousness makes some observation and then
we see the cat is alive. Well Schrödinger determines the cat is alive. But who determines
Schrödinger. Somebody has to look at Schrödinger and determine that he is alive.
But who determine that somebody. It will be an infinite circle. Who will be the ultimate one to determine us –
GOD!
