RE: I have a layman's theory about quantum physics "spookiness"
March 2, 2017 at 5:05 pm
(This post was last modified: March 2, 2017 at 5:05 pm by Alex K.)
(March 2, 2017 at 4:55 pm)ignoramus Wrote: And Einstein thought his theory of everything was hard!
General Relativity is still difficult, but compared to what your average string theory grad student has to master nowadays, it's pretty basic.
His theory of everything though failed, maybe for precisely the reason that he didn't know how to deal with quantum physics. He tried to stick with the methods that led to his success in General Relativity and thought he could explain everything with those. For decades it looked like he was completely on the wrong track with that (because quantum theory is so different). These new developments seem to suggest that there's a possibility of putting everything into a geometric picture as Einstein envisioned it, but in any case much more complicated than what he thought, because so much more physics has been discovered since the 50s....
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
