Does the moon exist only when someone is looking at it?

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In the 1950's Einstein asked his young friend Abraham Pais if he really believed that the moon existed only if he looked at it?

So why did Einstein ask does the moon exist even when you're not looking at it?

Einstein disagreed with some of the most important and influential physicists of his time. Einstein disagreed with the idea that nothing not even the moon exists unless it is being observed.

There is no such thing as an objective reality 

Einstein believed that the world exists independently of the human mind. However the idea that the world is made up of objects whose existence is independent of human consciousness turns out to be in conflict with the facts established by quantum mechanics and science.

It is your mind that creates this world 

Buddha

It is Your Mind...

There is no such thing as objective reality! 

Many important and influential quantum physicists state that nothing exists unless it is being observed therefore there is no such thing as an objective reality.

Theologue, The union of human and Divine consciousness weaving the fabric of space and time in which the self and it's surroundings are embedded. By Alex Grey

The Tao of Physics 

An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism

The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism (25th Anniversary Edition)

Fritjof Capra brilliantly analyzes the doctines of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism to show the striking parallels between the mathematical world view of modern physics and the mystical visions of Buddha and Krishna.

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