(January 6, 2009 at 11:36 pm)infidel666 Wrote: But ... but ... but ...What? Yes, we do! I myself have used quantum mechanics to predict the tunnelling current through a Scanning Tunnelling Microscope at a given distance from a sample.
OK, "predictions" are made, but the predictions are not things like E=mC^2. People don't come up with a theory based on quantum mechanics and then go look for a way to verify it.
(January 6, 2009 at 11:36 pm)infidel666 Wrote: The "predictions" of quantum mechanics are about probability fields of particle position and momentum.That, and everything predicted by classical mechanics (above atomic-scale physics, that is; quantum mechanics refines classical predictions at the atomic scale and below).
(January 6, 2009 at 11:36 pm)infidel666 Wrote: Not hard to tell I took my physics degree at a University that adheres to the tradition of the experimental school, as opposed to the theoretical school. The rivalry lives!
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A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, -- a mere heart of stone. - Charles Darwin