u/Nalopean_Bonatarpe

The preeminent fathers of quantum mechanics were all Vedantists: Schrödinger, Heisenberg, Tesla, Planck- even Einstein himself dabbled.

The conclusion quantum points towards is called the observer effect, or where a particle exists in multiple forms simultaneously, collapsing into a singular wave only and precisely when it is observed. Thus, observation- perception- dictates the reality we think we see.

All particles which constitute the matter of existence, before and observation, exist in a state called superposition, or infinite potential before a single reality is chosen.

Superposition, then, can be thought of as scientifically analogous to what Astika schools of thought call Samadhi, or the state of existence behind empirical reality. Samadhi, like superposition, entails the dissolution of ego, or the observed, where the seer and the seen unite together into divine union. At such a state, the boundaries of the dualism that is perceived collapses into the singular fold of absolute reality, which is incomprehensible to the human mind. Instead we can only approximate this through models and theory because the human tools of thought and language are inherently constrained.

Would the implications or side effects of action in general apply to ideas or intangible entities?

For example, consider the United States: vast atrocities, from genocide, to slavery, to imperialism and many more moral turpitudes to say the least have been perpetuated at its behest in the past 300 years or so. Would karma return to affect it as a result if the idea of the United States was the driving force behind the actual actions? The same query applies to every other similar situation as well.

How is this reconciled with the conduct of rituals as per karmakanda for the sake of accruing certain benefits or rewards?