(January 8, 2009 at 10:39 am)infidel666 Wrote: Fair enough. I should have said that quantum mechanics is used to predict values of measurements of characteristics of observable quanta. But I don't think predicting the current in a microscope is quite the same thing as coming up with a paradigm shifting relationship like E=mC^2.On the contrary, physics went from classical blocks to quantum fuzz with an audible clunk. The paradigm shift was as significant as Einstein's theories of relativity, or Darwin's theory of common descent.
Perhaps the greatest implication of quantum mechanics is that it subverts our intuitive understanding of causality and discreteness.
(January 8, 2009 at 10:39 am)infidel666 Wrote: Just the way I view it anyway. Plus, I know I'm right because a bunch of esteemed physics profs told me so and I paid them lots of money to do it. So there!They were probably just experimental physicists, so what do they know
"I am a scientist... when I find evidence that my theories are wrong, it is as exciting as if the evidence proved them right." - Stargate: SG1
A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, -- a mere heart of stone. - Charles Darwin
A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, -- a mere heart of stone. - Charles Darwin
