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To: js1138
Thank you so much for your post!

Mama (Bohr) warned us not to attempt to visualize the particle/wave phenomenon. Doing so will lead you astray.

LOL! Too late. I visualize everything. I may or may not put words to it, however.

find it interesting that some are castigating physicists for not getting their minds around "immateriality", while physicists are the only ones actually able to, because it takes math to deal with the formalisms of QM. Deep down there are no particals and no waves, only the immaterial formalism. Of ciurse, QM could be wrong, but it would be wrong at a very high level.

In my view, scientists are too quick to shy a path because "there may be dragons there." Starting with the prejudice that all explanations must be material is shortsighted. If I had my way, there would be much more emphasis on differential geometry.

1,089 posted on 02/27/2003 7:08:16 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl
In my view, scientists are too quick to shy a path because "there may be dragons there."

The folks who brought us QM and string theory do not shy away from dragons. There have never been bigger dragons in the history of thought. Someone needs another horse to ride. The shy one's been rode hard and put away wet.

1,091 posted on 02/27/2003 7:39:02 PM PST by js1138
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