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bhobba reacted to sophiecentaur's post in the thread Undergrad Are classical optics and quantum mechanics double slit experiments fundamentally the same? with
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Good point here. Calculations with scalars don't seem to give the same awkwardness; we are very familiar with elementary school... -
bhobba reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Undergrad Are classical optics and quantum mechanics double slit experiments fundamentally the same? with Like.
I'm not sure what this question even means. In actual experiments, there is no such thing as "quantum interference pattern" vs...
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bhobba reacted to berkeman's post in the thread How good is Brian Cox as a science communicator? with Like.
Thread has pretty much run its course, so it will now be closed. Thanks folks.
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bhobba reacted to DEvens's post in the thread How good is Brian Cox as a science communicator? with Like.
My problem with Cox is that during any talk he gives you can pretty much count on him turning to the audience and confidently...
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bhobba reacted to bob012345's post in the thread How good is Brian Cox as a science communicator? with Like.
One of the things that sparks public skepticism is when scientists with expertise in one area use their authority to make pronouncements...
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bhobba reacted to Muu9's post in the thread How good is Brian Cox as a science communicator? with Like.
Well this makes sense to me since the government is largely responsible for and leading the way on these issues. If I wanted a better...
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bhobba reacted to FactChecker's post in the thread How good is Brian Cox as a science communicator? with Like.
I disagree. Mathematics is based on logic derived solidly from the axioms and stated assumptions. The logic is not "bent" to fit...
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bhobba replied to the thread How good is Brian Cox as a science communicator?.Just for context, Malcolm Roberts here in Aus is well known as a bit of a loose cannon. Surprisingly, he actually is a qualified...
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bhobba reacted to sophiecentaur's post in the thread How good is Brian Cox as a science communicator? with Like.
i.e. when we have found a working model We really don't need an apologist for Maths but, as it's based on axioms, it doesn't need...
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bhobba replied to the thread How good is Brian Cox as a science communicator?.That's an old discussion. Feynman certainly agreed with you. My counterexamples are that mathematical physics is a branch of...
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bhobba reacted to WWGD's post in the thread How good is Brian Cox as a science communicator? with Like.
Well, his books have sold out well. Ultimately a matter of taste.
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bhobba reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Undergrad Particle vs Wave Interpretations of QM with Like.
"Only one" in what sense? It's an antisymmetric tensor field with six independent components, as @Matterwave said in post #251. Also...
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bhobba reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Undergrad Particle vs Wave Interpretations of QM with Like.
No, charge distributions and EM waves are already described within Maxwell's theory of the electromagnetic field and its sources. I...
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bhobba reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Undergrad Particle vs Wave Interpretations of QM with Like.
But this is a special case, and you can't base a general count of "number of fields" on special cases. The ##B## field doesn't cease to...
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bhobba reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Undergrad Particle vs Wave Interpretations of QM with Like.
No, it doesn't. The fact that the field is generated by the sources does not mean it incorporates the sources. The field and the sources...