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by
Otto E . Rossler, Peter Weibel
it is said .
Its
the sun .
Could it be
An Old Question
To what
extent depends
objective reality on
the
observer?
nineteenth century,
depends
on the
location of
Computer
programs
generate
a
in
of
"lawfully
representation
present
we know that
the
out
of
the
the
the appearance of
observer
"virtual-reality"
non-invariant"
an
computer
in a
absolute
memory .
(that
lawful
manner .
type
accordingly
is,
covariant)
(invariant)
Even
the world
though
one
the
that
is
lawful
2
The
rainbow
challenges
this
security .
rules
different than
those
for
other
a rather special
kind of
Thus,
the
are
so
Virtual-reality
rainbow .
If
the
object :
It
is
a distorted virtual
artificially
so is
increases
the
internal
representation
of
the
observer),
the
rainbow
is
closer-by objects .
While no
one
projection .
Could
it
be
that
the
principle
an
objective
algorithm
Newman,
generate
of
the
Sproull,
the
intimidated
vantage
flight
1979)
right
by
the
point .
The
simulators
shows how
interface .
rich
of
homogeneous
virtual
nontrivial
changing
reality
a task it
The observer,
and
matrix
far
(cf .
is
to
from being
structure
of
the
from it
the
correct,
invariant
Both "visual
of
finding
Next, take
especially if the
invariant
the
interface
representation
under
such
predicament .
Historically,
problem
was
first
seen
by
Boscovich (1755) who asked what happens when both the observer
4
and the surrounding world were shrinking concomitantly,
with of all involved forces .
along
accompanied by a matching
shaking
of the
rest of
the
world,
Therefore, time-dependent
motion
or
"Archimedean
motion"
is
interesting
who
is
built
out
of
particles
that
are
in
Any
random
relationship
How,
therefore, does
This question
particles
simulataneously
is a
fairly
recent
option
external
object
will
be
found
to
the
larger
the
apparent
thermal
performing
be
agitation .
This
is
5
because the center of gravity of the observer and the external
object are linked by a relative Brownian motion .
mass
object
be observed
A very small-
accurately by
that it is the
the
observer,
even
if
the
object's
actual
motional
is
particle himself
the
same as
or herself .
if
the
How
observer was
a Brownian
like to a
Numerically,
demanding .
(that is,
rest .
The
special
thermal
(momentum-conserving)
6
macro observer outside that world (if he wears the right kind of
goggles) .
It will be rewarding to implement this task in the year 2010,
say, but even today it is already possible to glimpse some of
the
unusual
rainbow
phenomena
that
will
emanate
from
this
contraption .
False Un certainty
An irreducible uncertainty is a first implication .
in the
observer
translates
thermal
into chaos
outside
noise energy
The chaos
the
observer .
(E), which is equal to one half the Boltzmann constant times the
temperature of the observer, we have a second intrinsic constant
(T) .
collision
interval
changes
interval
has
inside
passed,
course
problem (RBssler,
observer :
relative
calculation of
the
to
the
for classical
1991a) .
external
After
inside
this
the
object .
billiard systems
time
observer
A
precise
is an open
T
needs
the
However,
7
as soon as any third object (for example, a mediating particle)
is coupled to the observer, it is only toward this combined set
that the external object remains in a state of constant motion .
The
multi-particle
observer
now
indeed
T ,
in
general
reverses
object .
The resulting
object's mass
external
object
is
(M) .
This result
"directly"
(that
is,
holds
is
still governed by
chain
is
unable
to
undo
the same
the
T , divided
true when
without
1987) .
chain)
and
object
the
measuring
Unexpectedly,
(via a measuring
objectively
existing
mutual
because
the
presence
of
diffusion
law
of
the
E
This
same
times
For
measurement
of
certainly
can
also
be
performed
in
our
simulated world .
Here a new phenomenon arises .
finding
strict
since
phenomenological
emerges .
mere
quality,
blurring
in
the
does
present
not
bring
case
in
a new
new
quality
location .
correct
location,
the
relative
Brownian
motion
of
the
in
the
applying location .
is
different
from
the
objectively
9
This prediction can be verified in the proposed simulation of
the interface .
is known explicitly,
the
interface
question .
with
really
happens
to
the
particle
in
is stuck
internal
object's .
dynamics
of
the
observer
According to Nelson's
as
much
as on
the
depends
diffusion-generated
theoretical
result
on
the
square
Schrodinger
can be
of
the
equation .
expected to be
amplitude
This
confirmed
of
the
diffusiononce
the
However,
In
In other words,
affairs .
All
measurements,
no matter how
long
the
are determined by
10
the momentarily valid relationship between the internal dynamics
of the observer and the dynamics of the rest of the world .
An
external
interface
as
super-observer
function
of
who
time
watches
will
the
momentary
therefore
record
probability
distribution
prescribed by
all
the
wave
function
of
stochastic mechanics .
In quantum mechanics a similar problem is known under the
name of "the measurement problem ."
worlds
"shielded"
that
from
apply
each
at
every
other .
moment
There
are
exists
one
said
to
be
version
of
time window .
equivalence
of
interpretation .
usually
this
with
the
standard,
considered
rather
outlandish .
multiple-worlds
Here,
the
second
a quite different
11
Bell's insight that the observer would "not notice" being in
a different quantum world from one moment
to the next
(since
which
an
outside
observer
of
interface experiences
is
an artifact .
of
the
same interface,
through
the
use
escape
from
phenomenon
it
of
integration
would
of
If
an
the
the
outside
being
outside
disappear
simulated
unable
memory,
and
actions
initial
(laws
and
conditions)
human
to
the
single
complete
Thus, the
that
generate
his
for
own
the
The notion
"rainbow
alive
and
while
contraption" (Schrodinger,
Moreover,
in
the
other,
the
same
"hellish
course .
ago, so that the one outcome would have produced a cat that is
12
playful and frisky right now while the other entails a cat that
has been subjected to organic decomposition for quite a while .
It appears very hard to reconcile both rainbow worlds with one
and the same exo reality .
Equally hard to accept is the claim that these two different
internal refractions of the same objective reality alternate at
one is
in
charge at
every
moment .
The counterintuitive notion of a rainbow movie needs further
scrutiny .
unexpectedly is very
Here,
the same
have
been
mastered) .
The
inhabitants
of
representation
still
gives
in
away
the
the
the different
interface
fact
that
as
a
While the
"now worlds"
mentioned,
the
single instant
lacks a
interface
in time
is
13
The latter prediction - existence of a now-world for internal
inhabitants - is, when transplanted back to our own world,
at
scientifically
Weibel,
1990) .
(cf .
Ars
the
electronica,
of
the
camera
Experimenting
second
novel
question
refers
to
temporally
changing
Such
Third,
there
14
described
reversible
observer
and
the
rest
of
the
same
"playing
phenomena
retrieved .
with
cameras"
known
from
can be
everyday
pastime .
rewarding
experience
can
be
too?
Once such a suspicion has taken hold, the logical next step
is to call for new diagnostic tools that can be used in our own
world to demonstrate the existence of the new predicament and to
explore and perhaps manipulate it .
step is
first
getting suspicious
suspicion,
in
the
place .
The
present
and before
them to Anaximander, has now found a new medium for its study .
To conclude,
A rather
the
reversible
simulated
understanding ,of
the
worlds
will
human/world
be
useful
to
interface
(a
is
are possible .
arrived at :
In this way,
For example, the walls of the prison of the now become palpable .
Further distortions of
the invariant
(exo)
Otto E . RbSSLER .
( University of Tilbingen .)
Peter WEIBEL .
( Institute for New Media , Frankfu rt-Main .
to
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