Do subatomic particles have consciousness? The double slit experiment would suggest that they do!

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anonymous · Answer

What is your definition of "consciousness" ?

anonymous · Answer

Holy hell that's a tough one. my definition of consciousness is always evolving, like consciousness itself. if you really want to know what I believe, it is that consciousness is our link to THE ALL (God) i believe consciousness is often labeled as our "soul" the reason i ask if  sub atomic particles have consciousness is due to the fact that they seem to "know" when they are being observed.

anonymous · Answer

In short no.

The double slit experiment is extremely odd, and at times it does seem like the particles have a sort of "consciousness" but this is just due to the fact that particles behave radically different at such small scales.

At a certain size objects stop acting as defined particles and start behaving like a probability fields.  It is not accurate to say that the particle lies somewhere in the probability field, rather the particle IS the probability field.  Whenever a device is installed to measure the particle, the probability field is changed and this leads to the strange effect seen with quantum mechanics.

anonymous · Answer

I like it! it seems like it is in 2 or more places, and it is! its just at the quantum level particles/waves act "spooky". I'm really excited to see where physics/quantum mechanics take us in the future.

anonymous · Answer

But it is not in 2 places at once, just the probability is just in two places.... Its confusing.

anonymous · Answer

The results of the double split experiments are really not that baffling. It's more of a mapping problem. You take a particle of some N-dimensions (at least 4, up to 11 by some String Theories), and pass that particle through a 4-dimension slit (space-time) and map it on to a 2-dimension detector/screen. It's like drawing a picture of a cube on a sheet of paper. Each time you down-scale the dimensions, you loose information. A set of wave-interaction lines on a 2 dimensional screen does not represent the entire picture.

anonymous · Answer

In my opinion, they have some awareness, but not a brain-type thought. Energy fields might make a particle feel that something large is near, and will act differently.