Re:Oil droplets guided by pilot waves do not give rise to do...
by whatshisface on Friday October 12, 2018 @07:36AM
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One excercise that is fun to do: reduce the Schrodinger equation by splitting the real and complex parts, the figure out how to build a damped spring system that can support the wave. My interpretation of quantum mechanics is that everything is springs and dashpots in the end.
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Re:Oil droplets guided by pilot waves do not give rise to do...
by mileszim on Friday October 12, 2018 @08:35AM
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This is great, I think I'm going to explain it using your method from now on.
Edit: I love that there's a segment of people in the QM community approaching these "very serious" thought experiments like Schrodinger's Cat (as the classic example), instead using absurdism to produce equivalent but blatantly ridiculous results. Like the Surrealist reactionary art movement but with the often insane results QM produces. Sometimes I think string theorists need a group kind of like this too.
Re:Oil droplets guided by pilot waves do not give rise to do...
by matthewwiese on Friday October 12, 2018 @11:01AM
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My favorite of these types of bizarro QM communities is that of the "holographic fractal" universe. Nassim Haramein[1] being one of the popular figures of this movement. If you're willing to sift through the mysticism, the r/holofractal subreddit has some interesting ideas to chew on during an otherwise dull lunch break.[2]