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This article is so sensationalist I can't get past the beginning. It's also written by someone with little or not physics understanding, which makes it immediat
by swombat 16y ago
This article is so sensationalist I can't get past the beginning. It's also written by someone with little or not physics understanding, which makes it immediately suspicious.
For example, gems like:
a compound in which electrons obey the spooky laws of quantum physics, and flow in perfect synchrony, without friction
immediately destroy the author's credibility.
Has Wired hired some Daily Mail writers?
- SkyMarshal 16y agoAre the laws of quantum physics still spooky? IANAP, but I was under the impression the novelty has worn off and quantum behavior is business as usual these days.
- chime 16y agoMaybe the author was alluding to "Einstein famously derided entanglement as "spukhafte Fernwirkung"[2] or "spooky action at a distance"." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement
- Groxx 16y agoYou're giving them that much credit after reading the article?
- mortenjorck 16y agoI thought "spooky action at a distance" was nearly as popular (and its context nearly as often misunderstood) as "God doesn't play dice."
- Groxx 16y agoI meant the implied word-play, not referencing nigh-pop-culture. They get no points for that.
- maggit 16y agoQuantum physics is business as usual, but it is still counter-intuitive. Though I don't think physicists would call it spooky. Leonard Susskind (Stanford) explains why very well in the beginning of this lecture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Eeuqh9QfNI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Eeuqh9QfNI (Approximately from zero to six minutes) BTW, he's a very good lecturer. If you are interested, you should try watching some more of these videos.
- Eliezer 16y agoNot since they figured out about decoherence and got rid of the collapse thing, no. http://lesswrong.com/lw/r7/quantum_physics_revealed_as_nonmysterious/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/r7/quantum_physics_revealed_as_nonmy...
- DennisP 16y agoI'm not convinced that an infinite number of parallel universes splitting off every moment is any less spooky. Cramer's transactional interpretation explains things at least as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactional_interpretation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactional_interpretation
- alexyim 16y agoI found the use of Fahrenheit disturbing