This Ifness is perplexing, because it is not what we’ve come to associate with science. We’re used to science telling us how things are, and if ‘Ifs’ arise, that’s just because of our partial ignorance. But in quantum mechanics, Ifs are fundamental. Is there an Isness beneath the Ifness? That’s possible – and simply admitting as much takes us beyond the simplistic view of the Copenhagen Interpretation according to which there is nothing meaningful to be said beyond the results of observation. But even if there is, it will not be like the Isness of everyday life, in which objects have
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