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Ppines-demon reacted to AlexB23's post in the thread High School A Recent Article claims that a paper's findings show "collapse" in real-world environments. Is this serious? with
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As an outsider to particle physics, can I just say that it is kind of scary how sites such as Phys.org can just repost content from... -
Ppines-demon replied to the thread Is the quantum wave function a real object or a mathematical tool?.I am sure the wavefunction is not real but complex-valued :oldbiggrin:
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Ppines-demon replied to the thread History Interesting anecdotes in the history of physics?.Another of Lord Kelvin's bad predictions Lord Kelvin (real name William Thomson) is one, if not the most brilliant scientist of the...
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Ppines-demon replied to the thread Is the quantum wave function a real object or a mathematical tool?.Lovely, this is history thread material.
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Ppines-demon replied to the thread Is the quantum wave function a real object or a mathematical tool?.What is yours?
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Ppines-demon reacted to DanteKennedy's post in the thread Is the quantum wave function a real object or a mathematical tool? with
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I've read that there are a few interpretations about this (the ontic and epistemic view), but I'm curious about you guys. What's your... -
Ppines-demon reacted to martinbn's post in the thread Is the quantum wave function a real object or a mathematical tool? with Like.
When you say a real obejct, what do yo mean by that?
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Ppines-demon reacted to Paul Colby's post in the thread Is the quantum wave function a real object or a mathematical tool? with Like.
Hum, is the number 3 a real object? I would say no but that’s just me.
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Ppines-demon reacted to timmdeeg's post in the thread Is the quantum wave function a real object or a mathematical tool? with Like.
Whether or not the wave function real is in the sense of ontic is interpretation dependent.
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Ppines-demon reacted to robphy's post in the thread History Biographies, History, Philosophy of Physics with Like.
Some history behind the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario. (I visited PI when it was just the brownstone...
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Ppines-demon replied to the thread History Biographies, History, Philosophy of Physics.Don't be so hard on yourself we all do mistakes. I find much worse inaccuracies every day just looking at social media.
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Ppines-demon replied to the thread History Biographies, History, Philosophy of Physics.I have the feeling that we already discussed something similar about this case, but anyway, do you know which scientists did not shake...
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Ppines-demon replied to the thread Big Ben In N Dimensions.So we keep the Big Ben as it is no matter the dimension? Make sense. But then wouldn't the visibility of an equilateral-triangle base...
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Ppines-demon replied to the thread Big Ben In N Dimensions.What do I do if I am looking at a vertex? Let's say we put the 6 clock faces in the faces of a cube, what happens when looking at three...
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PWith an isosceles the minimum angle goes under 30 degrees, so poor visibility from some points.