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Using quantum physics to resolve philosophical questions concerning reality and causality seems like little more than a "snow job", since such questions go beyond the scope of physics. The fact that physics cannot explain any specific phenomenon is no more grounds for rejecting causality than it is grounds for supporting belief in the existence of God. The alternative to a belief in a mechanistic universe is a belief in a magical universe (or a spiritual universe). One cannot live rationally while being agnostic to causality or reality — these must at least be accepted heuristically (or denied only in some remotely irrelevant microworld).

[The physics which inspired this essay can be found in my piece The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics ]

[For a collection of quotes by scientists, quasi-scientists and pseudo-scientists on the subject of quantum physics see Quotations for the Backyard Quantum Mechanic ]

[For a critique of the quantum metaphysics of Roger Penrose and New-Ager Fred Alan Wolf see my piece Comments on Two "New Age Physics" Books]

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