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Letter: Do we make reality? Maybe, maybe not (1)

Published 30 October 2024

From Adrian Smith, Addingham, West Yorkshire, UK

I don’t buy the idea that “we make reality”. I believe subatomic entities exist independently of us and that these entities oscillate and interact with wave-like properties. However, the equations we use to describe these interactions are human-made, so it is at this point that we create our own reality. (12 October, p 40)

Issue no. 3515 published 2 November 2024

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