Why “QM” is being discussed
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> There's no component of the wave function in which Schrodinger's cat experiences anything other than being alive or being dead. The problem is that this is not what Schrodinge…
by tsimionescu · Oct 26, 2026
The fundamental claim of QM is essentially a claim about the shape and size of the state space: That states were not limited to the edges (axes) of that high (or infinite-dimens…
by diedyesterday · Oct 26, 2026
> You don’t like what the physics is saying so for emotional reasons you’ve come up with a completely new and novel framework to discount what the simplest set of equations is s…
by EvgeniyZh · Oct 25, 2026
> As a non-physicist, QM only clicked for me when I learned the linear algebra of one- and two-qubit systems and observables on those systems Before quantum computers, the only…
by sampo · Oct 25, 2026
QM is a mathematical framework that started with "ok but what if matter does act like a wave" and then throwing the classical wave equation at the problem. A lot of weird predic…
by habinero · Oct 25, 2026
I somehow graduated from the upper class QM and Thermodynamics courses with A or A-. I think the average grade on exams was between 30-40 out of 100. I saw our TA at the bar and…
by Vaslo · Oct 25, 2026
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