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The paradox exists because of our choice of models, and would not exist in other models if different choices had been made. In other words, as michaelfeathers
by twblalock 10y ago
The paradox exists because of our choice of models, and would not exist in other models if different choices had been made.
In other words, as michaelfeathers said, "the map is not the territory."
- StefanKovachev 10y agohttp://inwhy.net/quantum.jpg http://inwhy.net/quantum.jpg <- THEY EXISTS!
- amatic 10y agoTechnically, then, there are no fields either - claiming that fields are real because the field model matches experiments better, commits the same mistake of taking the map as real, as when we said that particles are really there. As in Kantian noumena, we can't know the territory, we can just build more useful models.
- michaelfeathers 10y agoExactly. Thinking about it more. Imagine we came at it from the other direction. All we know are quantum phenomena and then we encounter this human-scale world. We would be amazed and stunned by things like billiard balls that behave only half like quanta. I'm surprised this way of seeing the world isn't more wide spread. My opinion is that it should be among people who have a deep interest in science.