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The title might be a little bit of a misnomer, my questions is related but not actually that. Is quantum physics grappling with figuring out how to quantify our Universe on a very small scale? It seems this is that case in that things appear quantifiable, except that they act in ways which...

limited. I took BC Calc AP, but didn't really study seriously the second semester and the AP physics the AB test got a 5 and the BC test a 1 hehe... Had different things to think about the second semester of senior year. Since then I've been thinking about those other issues so math hasn't been...

How does utility come in without a why? Doesn't utility preclude the why? So, what kinda utilities are you talking about here? Progress towards what? I guess the goal is not defined,but remains to be set by the user? Eaglelake/Dr.Chinese... I'm a bit lost as to the usefullness of such...

I meant both really. So in Classical physics, your measuring deviced doesn't exist. And Quantum mechanics the whole thing is not even connected to reality at all? I don't get what your saying, can you be a little more clear? I mean... isn't there some thing, like what Anderson was talking...

This is from a thread in the Quantum PHysics section: I just want to make sure I understand some of the greater implications of discoveries made by quantum physics experiments and theories like the double slit experiment and Schroedinger's cat. Because observation effects results, it becomes...

I just want to make sure I understand some of the greater implications of discoveries made by quantum physics experiments and theories like the double slit experiment and Schroedinger's cat. Because observation effects results, it becomes clear that an observer cannot extract themselves from...

Thanks, I'll read that link and post again when I've understood photons a bit better:P

What kinds of problems might someone encounter in trying to study Advanced Physics (focusing on Quantum/subatomic physics) by themselves from textbooks? What might be a good path to follow in this? What math and physics topics/books might you be able to recommend and in what order? Is doing...

I was reading about the double slit experiment (it seems I always glean a better understanding every time I read, which shows how little I really get it in the first place), and I was wondering: Is there some way for us to know that the photo that was fired (given a single photo experiment) is...

EDIT: Actually, let me just restate the whole issue without wikipedia (though I'm still curious about what you think of it) and quantum superpositioning. I won't even have to know how any of it works, at least I don't think I will. If we could take the position of every thing in the universe at...

This is what I meant by quantum superposition. With that do I make any sense? (Where might I be misunderstanding?) Is it your stance that science should not be extended past sciences then? I have a few things about your article too. In it you say "The notes are not the important object...

Hence the asking... Anyways I don't appreciate math much so if it stays philosophical all the better, it came up in a philosophical context anyways, no problem if it stays there. Did what I say make sense? I asked in the quantum physics section (rather than philosophy) because I want someone who...

I thought this up as a result of a philosophical debate over existence and more specifically creation. I asked them to give an example of creation saying that what we usually see as creation/destruction is only change, a restructuring. (ie. table being destroyed is actually a release of energy...

I think the most applicale sort of morality is based on empathy and reason. Because people's minds work on different premises (everyone understands the world differntly) AND people empathize differntly (both as a result of their premises and probably their empathetic processes) realtive morality...

I'm wondering if there's science that supports an infinite (in some way) universe