I Don't Understand Quantum Physics (2018)

Re:I Don't Understand Quantum Physics (2018) by card_zero on Saturday October 24, 2026 @02:24PM (#50223789)

But if what you want is understanding, you want a good explanation. (Or to quote TheOtherHobbes from elsewhere in these comments, a reasonable metaphor: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50220700)

If you only like predictions and disparage explanations, I might start calling you names, specifically instrumentalist.

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Re:I Don't Understand Quantum Physics (2018) by spolitry on Saturday October 24, 2026 @09:06PM (#50227169)

What do call someone who wants good "Just So" story explanations that don't explain anything, but posit the existence of meaningless things?

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Re:I Don't Understand Quantum Physics (2018) by card_zero on Saturday October 24, 2026 @09:19PM (#50227248)

Here you are taking "good explanation" and combining it with the term "just so story" which indicates a bad (arbitrary) explanation. So you cast doubt on the idea that explanations can be good. What's this, sabotage?

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