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Post by Petrichor Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:34 pm

http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2013/04/24/178629240/god-einstein-and-games-of-chance

"The essence of Nature was not some concrete material realm but a mathematical abstraction. The theory worked beautifully, producing efficient descriptions of countless experiments. Quantum physics revolutionized the world. But its interpretation, if you so choose to think about it, remains mysterious."

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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:06 pm

unfortunately not a whole lot of understanding of QM can come about without learning a bit of the required language -- a smattering of linear algebra and probability theory. english is simply inadequate.

if you want something deeper just watch the first of the famed balakrishnan lectures on youtube.
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Post by garam_kuta Thu Apr 25, 2013 9:03 am

Muezzin-Bar'chu wrote:http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2013/04/24/178629240/god-einstein-and-games-of-chance

"The essence of Nature was not some concrete material realm but a mathematical abstraction. The theory worked beautifully, producing efficient descriptions of countless experiments. Quantum physics revolutionized the world. But its interpretation, if you so choose to think about it, remains mysterious."
I am convinced that we need a new kind of math to understand biology is what one feels after reading Schrodinger's " what's life?"
and even now, I sorta find it hard to believe this , but
Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it.
--Niels Bohr
I think that I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.
--Richard Feynman
I don't like it, and I'm sorry I ever had anything to do with it.
--Erwin Schrödinger
source: http://home.sprynet.com/~owl1/qm.htm

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Post by Seva Lamberdar Thu Apr 25, 2013 9:23 am

Muezzin-Bar'chu wrote:http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2013/04/24/178629240/god-einstein-and-games-of-chance

"The essence of Nature was not some concrete material realm but a mathematical abstraction. The theory worked beautifully, producing efficient descriptions of countless experiments. Quantum physics revolutionized the world. But its interpretation, if you so choose to think about it, remains mysterious."
a quantum gibberish!
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