Friday 10 December 2010

THE MEASUREMENT PROBLEM



In ‘The Measurement Problem’ I visit the Northern Isles, the Western Isles and the Scottish border region. I want to suggest a feeling of something that contains elements that are illogical or inconsistent with expectations.

‘The measurement problem is this: An atom only appears in a particular place if you measure it. In other words, an atom is spread out all over the place until a conscious observer decides to look at it.’Jim Al-Khalili, Nuclear Physicist