"Once again, science is proving what Eastern religion and mystics have known to be true for thousands of years. "

Um...what is science proving?

It seems that we are debating on a semantic level here. While yes, the bucky ball does not truly cease to be, it can be argued that in the observer's reference frame a phrase such as "cease to be what it was" could be applied. I do agree with and understand your point. Oftentimes in quantum physics the expression of what is "observed" in an experiment is very limited by a language which lacks the tools to accurately describe quantum phenomena.

I find the experiments with Bucky balls to be particularly interesting because it is not something so small as a sub atomic particle but a molecule one nanometer in diameter. Of course, it stands to reason that if everything is made up of "dualities" then why shouldn't any object be able to exhibit this phenomenon as a whole? To me, the real rub is that indeed this is happening and we simply haven't the tools or knowledge to prove it yet. And though I haven't seen the results, I've heard there have been been experiments proving that Bucky Balls also exhibit the "other" quantum duality of being able to be in two places at once. Again, I've used the best words to describe a phenomenon that is far outside my normal realm of perception.

Getting back to religion, the Budhhist notion of Samsara comes to mind. In a sense, we are all suffering this sickness or delusion that the world we perceive is the true nature of reality, ie... solid objects being solid, time moving forward at a steady rate, the separation of consciousness from the outside world, etc...
When one achieves enlightenment, Nirvana, they are able to perceive the world as it truly is, a unified whole. Perhaps it is like a web of vibrational energy in which time, space, and matter are one and the same, a "consciousness" in which we reside and not a consciousness which resides in us.

So, maybe if an observer achieved enlightenment the exact instant Shrodinger opened his box, they would see the cat as alive and dead at the same time and be perfectly alright with the notion? LOLz

I am enjoying this discussion and hope that some other SGOA peeps put in their two cents, two dollars, whatever.

Also, consider that buckey-balls are spherical shaped, so the electrons traveling around the perimiter of such a large spherical molecule will display a sinusoidal frequency in the way they oscilate between traveling toward and away from the observer. This may shed some light on the nature of the photon.
Is the photon in reality a sort of bubble that is only observable as quantum energy/particles traverse the perimiter in the direction of the observer? Is the frequency/color of a photon determined by the size of the bubble or by the elipse that said quanta traverses on the surface of the bubble? Or is this all bullshit imagined by a mad god in a universe of enlightend chaos perched atop the shell of a gargantuan turtle pissing in the wind and spinning on top of a singularity made from pure consiousness?

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Two people sit in a movie theater, watch a short scene, and offer the following two descriptions of what they saw:

Patron 1) - "I saw a large man with a brown suit riding a green bicycle to the clock shop that he owns. He chained up his bicycle, unlocked the orange door, and went in quickly to start his work day."

Patron 2) - "For about 3 minutes I watched photons reflected off a white screen after they had been sent from a large heated filament through a scrolling roll of plastic coated with emulsion to filter the photons."

And, unknown to our movie watching duo, a third, very short patron, had sat behind them and offered the following description:

"I stared at the back of a couple of blockheads for about 3 minutes and could barely make out some clouds at the very top of the screen."

Perception, language, and personality work so beautifully together.

Cheers.