(April 7, 2019 at 7:58 am)Jörmungandr Wrote:(April 7, 2019 at 1:27 am)Little lunch Wrote: For me there are two choices.
1. Quantum Theory, when you get down to the nitty gritty, is too boring for me to stay focused for long enough to understand it.
2. I'm not intelligent enough to understand it.
Nevertheless, the way you people talk about it like it's so easy peasy sometimes gets on my goat.
"I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics."
Richard Feynman
Fermi was once asked his opinion on the evidence of the K-2-0 particle and replied, 'Young man, if I could remember the names of all these particles, I would have been a botanist.' I use this philosophy to justify my reactions to QM discussions. I go and water the houseplants.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
