Psychological Behavior of Particles?

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The discussion explores the intriguing yet speculative connection between psychological behavior and particle physics, particularly the idea that particles, like electrons, exhibit behaviors that could be metaphorically linked to human psychology. The concept suggests that particles might conform to a central leader within a biological entity, such as a human, to conserve energy, drawing a parallel to the notion of a "soul" guiding thoughts and actions. Historical references to bosons and fermions illustrate this idea, with bosons described as having a "herd instinct" due to their additive wave functions, while fermions, with their subtractive wave functions, are characterized as "loners." However, participants acknowledge that such comparisons are largely speculative and lack scientific grounding, ultimately labeling the discussion as more philosophical than productive in advancing understanding in either particle physics or psychology.
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Perhaps pseudosci. but still interesting.

I was wondering if there was a link between a psychological behavior idea of particles and if there was a term for it.

Example: Electrons are lazy because they they take the easiest path to the ground

Far-fetched example:

Particles and atoms will begin to conform with another to a central leader when used inside of an anatomical being such as a human to save the expending of energy by each individual molecule/atom/particle instead of being individualistic which would cause them to pay out more energy.

In my idea of neuroscience this central leader could perhaps be the "soul" as we call it which leads thoughts and actions to do as they do to the finest degree.
 
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Not productive. There used to be talk like this about bosons and fermions. Boson wave functions add, so the more of them there are the more probable the configuration is, and this was described as having a 'herd instinct". Fermion wave functions subtract, so the probability of two of them in the same state is zero, and they were thus described as "loners' But this kind of talk gets you nowhere either in particle physics or in psychology. It's just baseless handwaving.
 
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