[_Jim]

re: “Quantum mechanics’ core assumption is that on the smallest scales, atomic properties are quantized...For example, an electron can be in a lowest-energy state”

QM fails even here; QM provide NO justifiable first-principles reason WHY the lowest electron state is what it is.

No doubt things are “quantized”, but QM proponents have missed other key properties of the atom.

[dp0622]

I agree.

I have no choice :)

Cause I dont know what the hell anyone is talking about :)

[AndyTheBear]

QM fails even here; QM provide NO justifiable first-principles reason WHY the lowest electron state is what it is.

I am not sure that it is the job of a scientific theory to establish first principles or explain the why of nature, rather scientific theories are just working models approximating what we observe.

While interpreting the shocking discoveries of QM is a difficult matter, but don't blame QM for it--the very counter-intuitive equations have proven to have extraordinary predictive power. If we can't make sense of it, blame God, not the physicist.

[Mariner]

“For example, an electron can be in a lowest-energy state”

Can be. Not will be.

[sparklite2]

NO justifiable first-principles reason WHY

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The premise you unsuccessfully tried to smuggle
in is that science is concerned with WHY. WHY
presumes motivation, and there are none. Science
is interested in HOW.