Love this , as for the uncertainty principles I was more referring to the fact of determinancy.The author implies we could measure with certainty "soul particles" etc however our measurement influences the experiment and thus we could indirectly cause it to alter.This altering may cause a particle to disappear etc.Good post. I would also like to add that QFT (quantum field theory) predicts a spin-2 boson called the graviton as the quantum of gravity. GR (general relativity), which is Carrol's field, says gravity is just the geometry of spacetime reacting to local mass-energy via the well-known stress-energy tensor. The two models are fundamentally at odds with one another, but there are certain situations where they can be smoothly combined to yield comprehensive and useful results. See semiclassical gravity.
In summary, while QFT is one of the most accurate and tested models of reality to date, it only explains the behavior of a whopping 4% of the matter content (baryonic) of the universe. Dark energy and dark matter, which constitute the other 96%, have no formal theory to describe them on a fundamental level and QFT does not predict them. There have been attempts via some extensions of QFT and the ideas of supersymmetry, but they are turning out to be monumental failures. Furthermore, QFT is limited to predictions of how elementary particles interact. It has no answer for emergent phenomenon, of which is consciousness. It cannot even predict basic superconductivity. Then there are still questions in even classical physics that are still being researched and remains unanswered. The classic problem in electromagnetism of radiation damping comes to mind.
At the heart of all of this is really just arrogance. The modern atheist scientist scoffs at the idea of god, angels, jinn, etc. or the notion that science cannot explain everything even though there are many in that cohort beginning to question whether we will ever be able to solve some of the more fundamental problems of science (quantum gravity is a very good example of this). The idea that some or even many phenomena in nature are just too complicated for the human mind to solve and understand is one of the most depressing thoughts any scientist would have to come to terms accepting, but it's something across many different disciplines that people are beginning to seriously ask. If that is indeed the case, then how people can scoff at the ideas of consciousness or the soul simply because they cannot be explained at a fundamental level in terms of the interactions of matter particles (electrons, protons, neutrons, etc) and force-mediating particles (photons, W and Z bosons, etc) starts to become comical.
As a side, I did want to mention he was not talking about the HUP (uncertainty principle) or about string theory. I doubt Carroll cares much for string theory. The HUP says basically if a particle is in an eigenstate of say position, it's momentum is indeterminate and would form a spectrum of values. We can absolutely measure it and other so-called observables of the system, but by doing so we lose information about other variables of the system. This is basically the essence of quantum mechanics. But it doesn't imply there is a fundamental ignorance of how say how matter interacts at it's most basic level or it's evolution over time. I just wanted to clarify this issue. It's a very complicated matter unless you have years and years of practice and sort of adjust your mind to it because our minds are totally entrenched in the "classical" way of how a physical system works. There are many ways to refute these people, but this is not an angle you should take and someone who has knowledge of this can use just this part of your argument to try and expose as an ignoramus.
What is your field of study saxib! Physics as well!
Loved your post, My QM experieced is limited to my physics units but I love learning about the wildness of nature.Its weird how Einstein envisioned smooth dimensions which explain everything yet we see the opposite in the quantum level!
Also why do you think general relativity and Quantum physics can't fit with each other? I'm more inclined to a dimensional view.The interactions of dimensions lead to our current systems.However the Quantum system had just as much predictive power so we probably need to form a completely new theory which is able to predict the different Phenomena.