Quantum theory: accepting a conjecture (Introduction)
by David Turell 
, Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 15:00 (4758 days ago)
Accepted but not proven:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=proof-found-for-unifying-quantum&W...
It appears to be a reasonable unification. Note the comment comparing how differently mathematicians and physicists view math proofs.
Quantum theory: accepting a conjecture
by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 02:32 (4757 days ago) @ David Turell
Accepted but not proven:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=proof-found-for-unifying-quantum&W...
It appears to be a reasonable unification. Note the comment comparing how differently mathematicians and physicists view math proofs.
My old joke does a better job than that article for displaying THAT difference...
Physicists try to say what's possible with the data.
Mathematicians are concerned with what's possible at all.
Case in point: ""If it isn't, it's still a general idea that holds most of the time."
In mathematics there is NO "Most of the time." (Because strictly speaking, ANY SOLUTION AT ALL is preferred to quaint, observational techniques.) 
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Quantum theory: accepting a conjecture
by David Turell , Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 05:09 (4757 days ago) @ xeno6696
Accepted but not proven:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=proof-found-for-unifying-quantum&W...
It appears to be a reasonable unification. Note the comment comparing how differently mathematicians and physicists view math proofs.
My old joke does a better job than that article for displaying THAT difference...
thought you'd enjoy.
Quantum theory: accepting a conjecture
by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 11:18 (4757 days ago) @ David Turell
Don't get me wrong... awesome article. My subscription to sciam had to expire, i would have missed it.
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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"
\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"
Quantum theory: wave function is real, not statistical
by David Turell , Sunday, November 20, 2011, 01:27 (4753 days ago) @ xeno6696
New advance. Possibly a blockbuster:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=quantum-theorys-wavefunction
Quantum theory: wave function is real, not statistical
by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Monday, November 21, 2011, 12:03 (4752 days ago) @ David Turell
New advance. Possibly a blockbuster:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=quantum-theorys-wavefunction
The question remains... if its real, how do we verify its exitence?
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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"
\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"
Quantum theory: his cat is back!
by David Turell , Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 02:38 (4744 days ago) @ xeno6696
edited by unknown, Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 02:48
Another way of looking at Schrodinger's cat:
Quantum theory: Niels Bohr
by David Turell , Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 15:27 (4155 days ago) @ David Turell
A history of a founding father:- http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/351277/description/When_the_atom_went_quantum
Quantum theory: Niels Bohr
DAVID [re Niels Bohr]: A history of a founding father:-http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/351277/description/When_the_atom_went_quantum-QUOTE: "The primary payoff of his engagement with quantum physics for his wider philosophy was the discovery that multiple truths come ... in complementary pairs," Heilbron said.-Bohr's thoughts on truth have recently been illuminated by newly available correspondence with his fiancée, Margrethe Nørlund, during his work on the atom model. Heilbron cited one letter in which Bohr discusses the different sorts of truths expressed in sermons, great works of literature, and science. The truths of one's personal sympathies, the universal human truths of literature and scientific truths all differ in kind, but are all important, Bohr wrote. "It's something I feel very strongly about, I can almost call it my religion, that I think that everything that is of value is true.""-Bohr was apparently an atheist, which is not altogether clear from the fact that he "soon concluded that religion as taught could not withstand scrutiny in the context of logic and science". I'm not sure whether all the above withstands philosophical scrutiny without clear definitions of "truth", "value" and "importance", but it seems to me to tie in with what I have just posted to 3DJ under "Huxley". Whatever "truth" may be, we should not assume that science has a monopoly on it.
Quantum theory: Niels Bohr
by David Turell , Saturday, July 13, 2013, 14:41 (4152 days ago) @ dhw
> dhw: I'm not sure whether all the above withstands philosophical scrutiny without clear definitions of "truth", "value" and "importance", but it seems to me to tie in with what I have just posted to 3DJ under "Huxley". Whatever "truth" may be, we should not assume that science has a monopoly on it.-As Bohr showed, as long as quantum theory has such an indeterminate undestanding of the quantum world, the underlying 'truth' of our reality will always be hidden, leaving us with only a partial understanding, and no chance of any proof of the character of first cause.
Quantum theory: Niels Bohr
by BBella , Saturday, July 13, 2013, 18:18 (4151 days ago) @ dhw
DAVID [re Niels Bohr]: A history of a founding father: > > http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/351277/description/When_the_atom_went_quantu... > QUOTE: "The primary payoff of his engagement with quantum physics for his wider philosophy was the discovery that multiple truths come ... in complementary pairs," Heilbron said. > > Bohr's thoughts on truth have recently been illuminated by newly available correspondence with his fiancée, Margrethe Nørlund, during his work on the atom model. Heilbron cited one letter in which Bohr discusses the different sorts of truths expressed in sermons, great works of literature, and science. The truths of one's personal sympathies, the universal human truths of literature and scientific truths all differ in kind, but are all important, Bohr wrote. "It's something I feel very strongly about, I can almost call it my religion, that I think that everything that is of value is true."" > -I would have to agree with Bohr here and add to his list - the "truth" of experience. For the experiencer, no proof by an outsider (scientist, witness, etc) of the experience is needed to make it "truth" and to know what they experienced was/is true. And if it was true, in that it actually did happen to them, whether in mind or body, would it then not be considered "truth?" Or, consider the possibility something can be true for one and not "truth" for all? ->Whatever "truth" may be, we should not assume that science has a monopoly on it.-Agreed.
Quantum theory: Niels Bohr
by David Turell , Saturday, July 13, 2013, 21:34 (4151 days ago) @ BBella
> > bbella: I would have to agree with Bohr here and add to his list - the "truth" of experience. For the experiencer, no proof by an outsider (scientist, witness, etc) of the experience is needed to make it "truth" and to know what they experienced was/is true. And if it was true, in that it actually did happen to them, whether in mind or body, would it then not be considered "truth?" Or, consider the possibility something can be true for one and not "truth" for all? > > >Whatever "truth" may be, we should not assume that science has a monopoly on it. > > Agreed.-As I've stated before, we don't unerstand the quantum level of our existence,and so cannot go deeper than where we are. Our full truth is not known and may never be.
Quantum theory: accepting a conjecture
by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 03:46 (4757 days ago) @ David Turell
Accepted but not proven:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=proof-found-for-unifying-quantum&W...
It appears to be a reasonable unification. Note the comment comparing how differently mathematicians and physicists view math proofs.
Actually, in the article, I don't see a strong difference made in dealing with mathematical vs. theoretical physics proofs... could you cue me in on the line?
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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"
\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"