Quantum fiction
Literary genre with philosophical influences from quantum mechanics / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Quantum fiction is a genre of speculative fiction that reflects modern experience of the material world and reality as influenced by quantum theory and new principles in quantum physics. It is characterized by the use of an element in quantum mechanics as a storytelling device. The genre is not necessarily science-themed, and blurs the line separating science fiction and fantasy into a broad scope of mainstream literature that transcends the mechanical model of science and involves the fantasy of human perception or imagination as realistic components affecting the everyday physical world.
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This genre is characterized by any or all of the following characteristics:
- The author's invocation of quantum mechanics to make possible supernatural, paranormal, or fantastic elements of a story in which reality appears to defy the laws of physics;
- A character as a consciously influencing observer of reality;
- The scientific recognition of an unquantified animating force of matter measured by an observer, posited as consciousness or spirit;
- A theme, character, or events of a story existing per an element explainable as reality according to quantum theory;
- Adventures involving synchronicity, multiple-dimension reality, interactive metaverses, parallel worlds, or the multiverse;
- Consciousness (a character or a reader) as an interactive influence in the creation and perception of reality and plot line;
- Reality behaving unpredictably as per subatomic particles.