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QM is a model. it may have some basis in reality, but we don't know if "amplitudes" are fundamentally real or not. Just because it predicts outcomes (probabili
by platz 9y ago
QM is a model. it may have some basis in reality, but we don't know if "amplitudes" are fundamentally real or not.
Just because it predicts outcomes (probabilistically!) very accurately doesn't mean we have the full picture.
(how does gravity fit into this picture? it's completely let out of QM!)
- goatlover 9y agoIt definitely has some basis in reality, because it fits experimental results. The exact nature of that fit is up for debate, but the experiments are certainly part of the real world we try to make sense of.