Can Quantum Mechanics Represent The Fact That

Natural Science, Does Not Simply Describe And Explain Nature; It Is Part Of The Interplay Between Nature And Ourselves

The Ontology Of Materialism Rested Upon The Illusion That The Kind Of Existence, The Direct "actuality" Of The World Around Us, Can Be Extrapolated Into The Atomic Range. This Extrapolation Is Impossible, However.

The Incomplete Knowledge Of A System Must Be An Essential Part Of Every Formulation In Quantum Theory. Quantum Theoretical Laws Must Be Of A Statistical Kind. To Give An Example: We Know That The Radium Atom Emits Alpha-radiation. Quantum Theory Can Give Us An Indication Of The Probability That The Alpha-particle Will Leave The Nucleus In Unit Time, But It Cannot Predict At What Precise Point In Time The Emission Will Occur, For This Is Uncertain In Principle.

The Reality We Can Put Into Words Is Never Reality Itself.

If Nature Leads Us To Mathematical Forms Of Great Simplicity And Beauty - By Forms I Am Referring To Coherent Systems Of Hypothesis, Axioms, Etc. - To Forms That No One Has Previously Encountered, We Cannot Help Thinking That They Are "true," That They Reveal A Genuine Feature Of Nature... You Must Have Felt This Too: The Almost Frightening Simplicity And Wholeness Of Relationships Which Nature Suddenly Spreads Out Before Us And For Which None Of Us Was In The Least Prepared.