1.1b3a Physicalism Fails to Define the Physical

1.1b3a Physicalism Fails to Define the Physical

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Among its many shortcomings, physicalism struggles at its most elemental level: to describe what is physical. Because of quantum mechanics, quantum entanglement, and non-locality, what we think of as physical isn’t clearly defined.¹ Two particles separated by a universe can be entangled such that the observation of a state change in one indicates an instantaneous state change in the other. This kind of physics creates a kind of first-person effect where we create the universe as we observe it. Physicality is poorly defined in these scenarios.

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• Opposes: [[1.1b3 Physicalism Claims All Existence is Physical]]

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