Abstract
The phraseology of the topic is symptomatic of the malaise of reductionism that is endemic in modern science. It is like asking: Whether observation by the Schrödinger’s cat can collapse the wave function, without defining the observer and the precise mechanism of wave function collapse. Such open ended questions leave ample scope for manipulation and diverting the topic into various directions not consistent with each other. There are a large number of different approaches to the foundations of Quantum Mechanics (QM). Each approach is a modification of the theory that introduces some new aspect with new equations which need to be interpreted. Thus there are many interpretations of QM. Every theory has its own model of reality. There is no unanimity regarding what constitutes reality. We will first define the ultimate nature of Reality and then show that there is a deep, foundational reason why reality must be purely analog and digital descriptions can be derived from continuous symmetries.
basudeba mishra