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Re:MIT Ends Elsevier Negotiations by fnovd on Thursday June 11, 2020 @02:34PM (#23491907)
Light behaves as both a wave and a particle. This goes well beyond human eccentricities. The universe does not care that our simple brains want to model it simply.
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Re:MIT Ends Elsevier Negotiations by marksbrown on Thursday June 11, 2020 @02:47PM (#23492048)
The wave and particle models are our own. They don't necessarily respect the true nature of reality. A bit like the old anecdote about blindfolded people feeling an elephant.
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Re:MIT Ends Elsevier Negotiations by fnovd on Thursday June 11, 2020 @02:58PM (#23492182)
The dual, contradictory model predicts reality better than a unified one can. A set of contradictory rules might create better outcomes than a set of straightforward rules.
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