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Paul Colby reacted to Demiurge's post in the thread Is the quantum wave function a real object or a mathematical tool? with
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If 'real' means to be perceived, then - No. The wavefunction is not real -
Paul Colby replied to the thread Is the quantum wave function a real object or a mathematical tool?.The OP clearly confuses these. Elements of reality is a new topic IMO.
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Paul Colby replied to the thread Is the quantum wave function a real object or a mathematical tool?.An element of reality isn’t an object either, right? Physics is a human activity. Humans use tools to do physics. These tools include...
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Paul Colby replied to the thread Is the quantum wave function a real object or a mathematical tool?.Yeah, in multiple editing passes I added “object” to side step your double meaning style reply. In retrospect “is the number ##3+i1## a...
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Paul Colby reacted to gentzen's post in the thread Is the quantum wave function a real object or a mathematical tool? with Like.
Independent of whether the wave function is real, it is certainly not an object. Just like an electric field is not an object either...
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Paul Colby replied to the thread Is the quantum wave function a real object or a mathematical tool?.Hum, is the number 3 a real object? I would say no but that’s just me.
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My experience with WSL has been very positive. It is much better than a Linux virtual machine. And with Docker containers a lot of my...
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Paul Colby replied to the thread High School This One Moved Me.I view mathematics as a rather substantial collection of intellectual tools. Looking at a problem and selecting a 3d tool when a 4d one...
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Paul Colby replied to the thread High School Gravitons/Gravity passing through objects.In physics, particle is a technical term used in quantum field theory so it’s mostly beyond the level of this thread. All particles have...
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See: Thanks Bill
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Paul Colby replied to the thread High School This One Moved Me.I would say (imo) no. But, geometry is definitely an approximation or idealization of what we see in nature. Developing the logical...
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Paul Colby replied to the thread Undergrad What are the speed limits of a maglev track?.Rapidly changing magnetic fields in electrically conductive materials generate what are called eddy currents. Eddy currents are an...
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Paul Colby replied to the thread High School Gravitons/Gravity passing through objects.The graviton (at least initially) is an idea that stems from applying local quantum field theory techniques to linearized GR. The...
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Paul Colby replied to the thread Graduate Running lattice QCD on Apple Silicon with native Metal GPU.Why is the GitHub link redacted? Are there references to published work on your code?
