Intuitionist Maths might help reconcile quantum physics and relativity

[Clinamenic]

I'm starting to see how matter is only a relevant concept at certain scales, and how energy and mass are related.

 

[Clinamenic]

I'm just starting to attempt to wrap my mind around fields instead of particles, how energy fluctuations beyond certain thresholds in certain fields register to us, perceptually, as particles.

Does quantum field theory imply that the quantized "nature" of energy is more of an artifact of our perception than it is an absolute characteristic of the universe?

 

[woops]

Does quantum field theory imply that the quantized "nature" of energy is more of an artifact of our perception than it is an absolute characteristic of the universe?

you tell us stan we're all stupid

 

[Clinamenic]

I'm far from an understanding myself, but thats only a matter of time.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Does quantum field theory imply that the quantized "nature" of energy is more of an artifact of our perception than it is an absolute characteristic of the universe?

No, it's not just an epistemological artefact, although it is sometimes presented like that at undergraduate level, typically in terms of how you can only probe a particle's position or moment by hitting it with other particles. Rather, it does seem to be an intrinsic and unavoidable feature of reality.

Various attempts have been made to construct alternative frameworks in which fundamentally deterministic physical laws are somehow clothed in an apparent randomness, but I think all of these have either been disproven empirically, or at best give exactly the same predictions as standard, vanilla-flavour quantum mechanics while requiring more ad-hoc assumptions.

 

[Mr. Tea]

@Clinamenic if you want to read more about this topic, look up hidden variables, pilot wave theory, EPR paradox, Bell's theorem, Alain Aspect, David Bohm.

 

[Clinamenic]

I will, I think this is very important. I only just recently learned about quantum field theory, and I've just about got the standard model memorized, but Dirac notation I don't understand (largely because I don't really understand complex numbers), and I also haven't heard of anything you just mentioned, aside from being vaguely aware of AR = APR, which I also don't understand.

 

[Clinamenic]

Oh but I did watch the David Bohm documentary that came out last year, so I'm vaguely aware of how he rebelled against the Einstein generation of physicists in some respect, but I didn't understand the nature of this disagreement.

 

[Clinamenic]

It touched upon Bohm's friendship with that theosophist prodigy, forget his name...

 

[Clinamenic]

 

[Clinamenic]

It touched upon Bohm's friendship with that theosophist prodigy, forget his name...

Jiddu Krishnamurti

 

[Slothrop]

Jiddu Krishnamurti

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."

 

[Clinamenic]

Just watched the documentary The Edge of All We Know on netflix, would recommend for anyone interested in astrophysics.

 

[Clinamenic]

Involved Hawking for a while, up until his death, and continued on following the findings of those who preserved his legacy.

 

[Clinamenic]

A premier documentary, in terms of production value and pacing.

 

[woops]

look up hidden variables, pilot wave theory, EPR paradox, Bell's theorem, Alain Aspect, David Bohm.

this is like @Clinamenic catnip

 

[Slothrop]

Could we leverage EPR to build a quantum blockchain, though?

 

[Clinamenic]

Nick Land says blockchain solves the problem of spacetime, so there you go.

 

[Clinamenic]

Could we leverage EPR to build a quantum blockchain, though?

Every possibly fork exists in simultaneity.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Could we leverage EPR to build a quantum blockchain, though?

Or quockchain, as it were.

Although the closed time-like world-lines would make it more like a quockring.