SLSL quantum physics

[jbor]

on 11/2/03 9:15 PM, Terrance at lycidas2 at earthlink.net wrote:

> There are no
> direct references in GR or elsewhere in Pynchon's writing to quantum
> mechanics or even allusions to the physicists whose work in the first
> half of the century led to the creation of the atomic bombs

>From 'Low-lands' (1960):

    " ... as long as you are passive you can remain aware of the truth's
    extent but the minute you become active you are somehow, if not
    violating a convention outright, at least screwing up the perspective
    of things, much as anyone observing subatomic particles changes the
    works, data and odds, by the act of observing. ... " (p. 69)

It's about as direct a reference to quantum mechanics as you'll ever see.

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