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my2cts said:More accurately, we don't fully understand quantum mechanics yet.
I think we do:
http://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/0101012.pdf
The issue is if its the kind of understanding you are happy with.
That varies from person to person and why we end up with threads like this.
Ahmad Khanehzar said:No one could understand quantum mechanics
Again that depends on what you mean by 'understand' which is the kind of thing philosophers argue about and get nowhere. Its easiest to simply take the dictionary definition: 'interpret or view (something) in a particular way'.
We have met the enemy and he is us - Pogo.
Instead of getting caught up in this we don't understand QM stuff - understand the problem lies in you - not QM. There are plenty of ways of viewing QM that 'makes sense'. Choose one, examine how it compares to others which is an interesting thing to do, maybe change the one you choose from that, but don't get stuck in this we don't understand QM thing - because we clearly do.
The bottom line issue with QM, the rock bottom problem, if it is in fact a problem, is we have all these different interpretations. It doesn't matter what issue particularly worries you there is an interpretation that fixes it. What we don't have is a way to decide between them experimentally.
Thanks
Bill
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