Re:Don’t Forget Intuition: The art of doing science
by elashri on Monday July 31, 2023 @01:13PM
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Do you consider the quantum mechanics as an intuitive theory ( In whatever definition of intuition you think of)? Because if you don't, then any Quantum Gravity wouldn't be for you.
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Re:Don’t Forget Intuition: The art of doing science
by someguy7250 on Monday July 31, 2023 @01:50PM
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Quantum is not the most intuitive thing to discuss. And frankly a quantum theory without complex, solid maths behind it might as well be a fairy tale.
In the context of how atoms work without having electrons that lose charge and fall into nuclei, how different atoms absorb / emit different colors/wavelengths of light:
The simplest theory is that they just are this way. Just fix up the existing "codebase" to accommodate for this observed fact. So they just said electrons has discrete energy states and orbits to choose from.
It's literally the simplest way to accommodate the observed fact that electrons do not fall into nuclei.
It led to super complex Maths and predictions about black holes, and seemingly conflicts with general relativity. But, Can you think of anything more intuitive?
Re:Don’t Forget Intuition: The art of doing science
by burnished on Monday July 31, 2023 @02:04PM
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Discrete quanta of light was my 'hmmmm' moment, at least when it occurred to me to interpret it as a rubbish hack
Re:Don’t Forget Intuition: The art of doing science
by OkayPhysicist on Monday July 31, 2023 @02:30PM
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The photon model of light is pretty well demanded by the existence of the photoelectric effect.