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Ppines-demon reacted to Muu9's post in the thread Graduate Six Textbook Mistakes in Quantum Field Theory with
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Ppines-demon replied to the thread History Biographies, History, Philosophy of Physics.Oppenheimer unfiltered: rare recordings released to the public...
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Ppines-demon reacted to sbrothy's post in the thread History Biographies, History, Philosophy of Physics with Informative.
arXiv: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph); Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas); Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)...
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Ppines-demon replied to the thread High School A Recent Article claims that a paper's findings show "collapse" in real-world environments. Is this serious?.I have never understood who handles phys.org and how news make it there. Some are clearly labelled as copy-edited from a university...
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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...