Message from @troglodytes
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yeah but i think qm is a general idea, it doesn't account for every single action at every point in time... i understand that sentence i just made can be broken apart easily though .lol
but theres always deeper layers
can you explain what you mean by that
it can explain almost everything, it just cant predict all outcomes
basically we need better resolution at smaller scales to really see what's happening. qm is predictive, but not an exact model of reality.
the biggest problem is QM treats time and space as absolute, when we know theyre not
theyre emergent
we dont need better resolution.... QM is an exact model of reality or very close
We don't really go smaller anymore. We get more abstract to account for different cases and observations.
yeah VERY close.
JQM
the fuzziness of quantum predictions is a consequence of our inability to measure exact quantum states
and the reason we cant is because there's no operator for them
das tru
an operator is a hermitian matrix you can multiply the wavefunction by to obtain a measurement
das rite
hermitian is a fancy way of saying symmetric matrix when the matrixes are complex valued
tru
yes.
W = wavefunction, P = position operator. WxP = observed position of particle
The reason we have uncertainty principle is because matrixes dont always commute
meaning that W x P x M != W x M x P (M = momentum operator)
What is the result of a quantum calculation?
WPM != WMP
Like what kind of thing do you get?
a quantum calculation is just multipying complex valued matrices
and you get a number
bait a likelihood
i honestly believe if we could slow down time enough we could see quantum jumping in action. it's just too fast for us to measure. hence the resolution issue again. i think my brain is way too ingrained with the classical model. I feel there needs to be a progression, that it doesn't just go *poof* and the particle has changed state.
a probability
of observing the particle at that location
Here's what I think.... the jumping is all there is because time isnt continuous
if it more than half . its 1
jew physics
what we perceive as time is just the connectedness of different possible configurations
in the Hilbert space
picture all possible configurations laid out in a grid
yeah i can kind of imagine pockets where time curves around it or something. so we can't see the intermediate state. i dunno.
uhuh
connected by how many differences each configuration has