quantum leap
Sunday, May 25, 2008 (12:24 AM)
i was watching eureka quite some time ago and like all other shows on scientific breakthroughs, quantum physics was the central mechanic working the show. at least that was what it seemed to me.
somewhere at the end of the season, a living paradox occurs when one scientist went back in time to save his wife. thus, the revelation of 2 of his wife's existence created the paradox. a charred body and a living one. in order to fix this paradox, the male protagonist was sent back in time to prevent the scientist from saving his wife. from then, he lived a different life and never returned to where he came from. the show supposedly allowed that to go as a happy ending. but a problem occurs which wasn't dealt with. wouldn't that time have another paradox where 2 of the male protagonist exist?
an even older show called quantum leap kinda explained the concept of quantum physics but when you talk of quantum leap, it seems to me that a paradox is bound to happen. but oddly, none of them deals with the same concept on the same basis. most do not talk of paradoxes, which was the main idea of "changing history". because if you "change history" and paradoxes occur, then wouldn't it be futile to even deal with quantum physics at all? eureka seemed to have attempted a really complex issue.
one last question. are the physicists of today really that obsessed about quantum physics?