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Re:Ask HN: What scientific phenomenon do you wish someone wo... by lambdatronics on Monday April 27, 2020 @11:37AM (#22996831)
Nobody understands quantum mechanics. Lots of people know how to apply it. I don't think quantum technology is going to go anywhere until physicists revamp the theory & the pedagogy in a way that makes it comprehensible.

I say this as someone who passed 2 semesters of graduate QM.

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Re:Ask HN: What scientific phenomenon do you wish someone wo... by 0xff00ffee on Monday April 27, 2020 @03:22PM (#22999024)
> I say this as someone who passed 2 semesters of graduate QM.

THat's funny because my EE math concentration was on advanced calculus. I took two semesters of a-calc and got A's, but I only know how to compute a Jacobian and apply it, not its origin story. It's a very weird feeling to understand the motions but not the ... depth?

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