Physicists want to rebuild quantum theory from scratch

Re:Physicists want to rebuild quantum theory from scratch by noobermin on Monday September 04, 2017 @01:05AM (#15165853)

The thing I say is "what underlying reality?" If you can't measure it, how can you make a theory out of it or research it (or publish papers on it unless you're a string theorist)? If something is not measurable, then how can you claim it exists or not?

Whenever people ask me these "deep questions" after I tell them I'm a physicist, I tell them that. Science is all about the reality you can measure, not about meaning and what lies "deeper".

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Re:Physicists want to rebuild quantum theory from scratch by platz on Monday September 04, 2017 @02:29AM (#15166146)

I take it you are a fan of the copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. its the right answer for making calculations. but how do come up with a new theory? you have to tell a story or envision an underlying reason to justify it. new theories dont come out of nowhere.

this is also like saying the universe in the time of newton consisted of only newtons laws, which is untrue. if the universe is science, then you have to say the universe is changing as science changes. unless the universe really is just made of published journal papers.

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