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| Classical Physics | Quantum Physics |
| Deterministic: Based on cause and effect. Objects have measurable mass, velocity, direction, and current local position. | Probabilistic: Objects exist as probability waves spread out through space. |
| Objects exist independently of human observers. | Human observation is interactive with the state of reality. Objects only become local when observed. This is called “collapse of the probability wave”. |
| The quality of locality requires that Matter or energy be exchanged for objects to communicate. Since the speed of this exchange is limited to the speed of light, it can never be immediate. | Objects which are “entangled” appear to communicate at a distance without any exchange. They do so instantaneously. This is what Einstein entitled “Spooky actions at a distance”. |
| The arrow of time always moves forward. | Quantum experiments have demonstrated anomalies which violate the assumption that time always moves forward. Human observation during experiments has altered the outcomes of the experiments after they have occurred. |
| Consciousness arises as an epiphenomenon of physical and chemical processes within the organism. | Consciousness creates reality. |