“Today, the non-local nature of quantum mechanics is widely accepted, though physicists still debate its implications for our understanding of reality.” — Google’s A.I. summary
“There are actually no precisely defined ‘elements of reality’ belonging to the electron.”
— David Bohm
There remains the fundamental problem of the unreality of these spheres. We cannot have any physical observation that depends on the angles alpha or beta because, as mentioned, these don’t exist. Instead, we must add up, or average over, all possible values of these two angles. Once we do that, then the angles are gone from our expressions. This is what the operation of integration accomplishes.
It boggles my mind that we can add up things that do not exist to predict something that does. Once we do this we get answers that are correct.
This is what results from moving through a 2-dimensional space to a 3-dimensional space. One starts to wonder what it means to exist at all. And if you’re observant when doing physics, then you’ll find you often do things like this…
Social Attitudes
Kinds of Work
Big Questions
What People Say
The Anticlimactic Solution
2-Dimensional Things
What About Reality?
Who Gets Credit For This?
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