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Re:Is the Schrödinger Equation True? by eyelidlessness on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @02:21AM (#25743471)
It sounds like we understand it the same way, with different words.
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Re:Is the Schrödinger Equation True? by ukj on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @03:40AM (#25743980)
You could say that. But then it begs the question "What does it mean to understand?"

Either way, we index the pattern in our respective minds.

You index (understand?) it as a "Golden ratio".

I index (understand?) it as a "snail shell".

Your understanding it Mathematically, I do not. Which is why I said that you assign Mathematical meaning to the pattern.

This is essentially what Linguistic relativism is all about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity

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Re:Is the Schrödinger Equation True? by eyelidlessness on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @11:11AM (#25748773)
> You index (understand?) it as a "Golden ratio".

> I index (understand?) it as a "snail shell".

> Your understanding it Mathematically, I do not. Which is why I said that you assign Mathematical meaning to the pattern.

Huh? I spoke of snail shells. If your characterization were accurate we probably wouldn’t even know we’re talking about the same thing.

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Re:Is the Schrödinger Equation True? by ukj on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @11:35AM (#25749207)
These were your words: "a snail’s shell expresses it (the golden ratio)"

You connected the dots between the two...

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