Will, remember that we’re talking about perspectives here. There are ways of talking about the world that are useful and ways that aren’t. It’s not mind projection to talk about QM in a way that agrees with experiment. In fact, talking about billiard balls and waves is horribly classical-centric.
QM is so far removed from what we think the world is like that it’s only ever really described in two ways—metaphor and algebra (metaphor with symbols). As soon as you start saying ‘there are these tiny particles that zip around’ you’re already picturing those billiard balls. Macroscopic Bias! So I’m looking forward to the next few posts. Long, detailed and mathsy please!
Will, remember that we’re talking about perspectives here. There are ways of talking about the world that are useful and ways that aren’t. It’s not mind projection to talk about QM in a way that agrees with experiment. In fact, talking about billiard balls and waves is horribly classical-centric.
QM is so far removed from what we think the world is like that it’s only ever really described in two ways—metaphor and algebra (metaphor with symbols). As soon as you start saying ‘there are these tiny particles that zip around’ you’re already picturing those billiard balls. Macroscopic Bias! So I’m looking forward to the next few posts. Long, detailed and mathsy please!