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12:42 AM
AC finds the apparent origination of the "shut up and calculate" phrase in physics. Mermin 1989.
copying in a quote from wikiquote by feynman that addresses QM foundations/ interpretations.
> We always have had … a great deal of difficulty in understanding the world view that quantum mechanics represents. At least I do, because I'm an old enough man that I haven't got to the point that this stuff is obvious to me. Okay, I still get nervous with it. And therefore, some of the younger students … you know how it always is, every new idea, it takes a generation or two until it becomes obvious that there's no real problem.
> It has not yet become obvious to me that there's no real problem. I cannot define the real problem, therefore I suspect there's no real problem, but I'm not sure there's no real problem.
"Simulating Physics with Computers", International Journal of Theoretical Physics, volume 21, 1982, p. 467-488, at p. 471
feynman did say this however (somewhat related to copenhagen interpretation)
> I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics. —Feynman
 
 
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3:52 AM
some real fireworks! sofia defends investigating QM foundations/ interpretations! AC/ CW et al argue otherwise!
in The h Bar, 3 hours ago, by Chris White
I don't see why people studying QM get so worked up about ontology, to the point where they convince themselves there's some divine understanding right around the corner. I mean, we don't spend months in Newtonian mechanics worrying about what forces are, and no one in GR asks "what do we mean by a manifold anyway?"
 
 
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10:49 PM
in The h Bar, 7 hours ago, by Terry Bollinger
Though the reality of wave packets via Ringbauer et al's papers are on my mind, amazing work...
 

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