Simple Rules ‘Bootstrap’ the Laws of Physics

Re:Simple Rules ‘Bootstrap’ the Laws of Physics by millstone on Monday December 09, 2019 @05:59PM (#21747603)

Excitations can carry dynamical properties. For example, jerk a rope once, and you will see a wave travel down the rope, which carries energy and momentum. If you give the rope a quick twist, the wave carries angular momentum.

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Re:Simple Rules ‘Bootstrap’ the Laws of Physics by criddell on Monday December 09, 2019 @07:21PM (#21748290)

I have the same problem with this analogy. The rope itself is just excitations of a quantum field. It feels like there is very little underpinning everything.

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