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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah ok, I get your input. The point is, that most of the arguments, that say that QM is "unintuitive", boil down to the fact that some people are simply unwilling to accept that the world is "not made of particles".

Some people adhere to this worldview like to a religion. You cannot argue with religion. Therefore, for most people, there is little hope to come to terms with QM. However, I am saying, that if you "give up" on a particle worldview, then QM isn't so super weird as lots of people always make it seam.

Yeah, there's some strange issues going on. But I'm saying, that a lot of these aren't so mad to think about if you give up on your particle worldview. Coherence, for example, boils down to a system which isn't simply described by "that atom goes there and this atom goes here". It's different, but consistent. It still reveals a consistent model with a measurable outcome. Just that this model is like taking public transport instead of riding your own car. Sometimes, you gotta mix things up to see the bigger picture.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I get what you're saying, but I can't help but think quantum physics is a weird beast. Somehow it is the opposite of relativity that's purely geometric, although in 4d.

To go in your direction, I think the probabilistic nature it the biggest weird thing of quantum mechanic. And you can absolutely admit it and live with it, but for many people, that will be a tough thing to do, and they'll rather think that our knowledge is too limited to understand the reality of things. And it's hard to blame them for that.

IMO we lack some good sci-fi to explore and familiarise these things.