On Quantum Mechanics

Science has traditionally been concerned with understanding how nature works. That changed with quantum mechanics. Now we are being told that we cannot possibly understand how nature works on the extremely small scale.

But the assertion that we cannot understand how nature works on the extremely small scale is based on unwarranted assumptions. One of those assumptions is that all aspects of a wave move at the same velocity as the energy transfer velocity of the wave itself.

Experiments have been done that show that the direction of an electromagnetic wave precedes the energy transmission of the wave. (e.g. Quantum Seeing in the Dark “Scientific American” Nov. 1996)

But it’s probable that all types of waves have multiple components or aspects that move at different velocities:

1. The directional component of a violin string is fixed (and consequently instantaneous) but the velocity a violin string wave moves from one end to the other is finite and depends on the thickness, tautness and other aspects of the string.

2. The shockwave of a high explosive moves many times faster than the speed of sound, so the “sound” is heard over a period of time. This is the cause of the rumble of thunder.

3. The water displacement of a tsunami determines the direction of the waves long before they arrive at shore.

4. The “spooky” aspects of quantum mechanics (e.g. Bell’s Theorem) are not incomprehensible when one discards the unwarranted assumption that all aspects of an electromagnetic wave move at the same velocity (i.e. the velocity of energy transmission from one point to another.

This aspect of quantum mechanics becomes understandable – and even simple – when one considers that the directional aspect of an electromagnetic wave is either instantaneous or much faster than the energy transport velocity (C) at the speed of light.