(December 16, 2015 at 10:43 am)Quantum Wrote: The problem is that there is afaik no alternative way to think about spin in terms of anything familiar that would more accurately convey what it is. So "behaves as if it were rotating, even though it isn't" is as good as it gets... and it's honestly not such a bad picture at all physics wise.
That just shows the limitations of our language and our concepts when we probe too deeply into the universe. It really humbles a person.
Anyway, this is what Exian was saying his brain was doing.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
