[QUOTE=AXidenT;45861676]Your original post was saying QM was a "joke". I interpreted that as you saying "Einstein said QM was a joke therefore we shouldn't take the results of QM seriously" which I found dumb because QM has been experimentally verified extensively since then (as evidenced in this article for one) and that Einstein wasn't infallible (I don't like the idea of dismissing which is supported by evidence because someone 100 years ago partially disagreed with some aspects of it). I apologise if that wasn't the general jist of what you meant but that's how I interpreted it and I don't see what the point of your post was if that wasn't the case. Maybe provide some better context?
PS - Did Einstein ever actually call QM a "joke" like you originally said? I've never heard of him saying that specifically - the quote you provided doesn't really imply he thought it was a joke.
PSS - (Not actually trying to be snarky in my reply, sorry if it seems like that just justifying my position. :) )[/QUOTE]
I didn't say "Einstein thought QM was silly therefore I think so too". I was expanding on Einstein saying QM was "spooky". He didn't agree with QM so his views on it being spooky doesn't really mean anything.
[QUOTE=download;45861849]I didn't say "Einstein thought QM was silly therefore I think so too". I was expanding on Einstein saying QM was "spooky". He didn't agree with QM so his views on it being spooky doesn't really mean anything.[/QUOTE]
You said joke, not spooky though. :p Usually when you say something's a joke it means you're not taking it seriously - I'll take that as your intended meaning and say it was just a poor choice of words on your behalf and change that box to a heart. :p
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;45852917]This isn't really new information. Cats have been well-known to be very prevalent in QM ever since Schrodinger demonstrated that any box in a thought experiment contains at least 2 cats.[/QUOTE]Does quantum mechanics state how many ferrets are in cupboards? I believe it has serious repercussions regarding the laws of thermodynamics.
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;45862351]Does quantum mechanics state how many ferrets are in cupboards? I believe it has serious repercussions regarding the laws of thermodynamics.[/QUOTE]
The uncertainty principle implies that ferret number is not conserved. Ferrets can pop into existence spontaneously as long as they disappear again within a certain amount of time.
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;45862428]The uncertainty principle implies that ferret number is not conserved. Ferrets can pop into existence spontaneously as long as they disappear again within a certain amount of time.[/QUOTE]
I wish this thread had happened when I was a child so I could've blamed the messes I made roughhousing on virtual ferrets and antiferrets popping into and out of existence too fast to see but long enough to knock shit over.
Could this effect be applied at the LHC? Or, in astrophysics like dark matter research?
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;45862428]The uncertainty principle implies that ferret number is not conserved. Ferrets can pop into existence spontaneously as long as they disappear again within a certain amount of time.[/QUOTE]
Does the presence of small uncertain voles, mice and other small uncertain rodents effect the duration of the ferrets presence?
So following the recent science breakthrough threads on FP, this is either faked or completely useless for at least half a century. Which one is it? (obviously I don't want it to be any of those :v: )
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