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I would also not bother to calculate things like the momentum or position of particles until I had to... I'd probably use some sort of hybrid wave/particle mod

I would also not bother to calculate things like the momentum or position of particles until I had to... I'd probably use some sort of hybrid wave/particle model to facilitate the last minute calculations.

nnq 9y ago
THIS is what really freaks me out about quantum mechanics... how eerily close it seems to what a computer engineer working on optimizing a simulation would design...
- Retra 9y ago
  Humans discovered the laws of nature by solving language optimization problems. It's not a coincidence that things must be this way. The solution to every problem will look like it is the solution to an optimization problem, because optimization is how we solve problems. We basically perceive the world by simulating it. So we're kind of obligated to model the world as a simulation. That doesn't mean it can't be something different underneath, but we won't understand it in any other terms.
  - kirubakaran 9y ago
    "by solving language optimization problems" <= can you please explain?
    - Retra 9y ago
      We try to come up with language that accurately describes our experiences and models. Over time that language has come to incorporate a large variety of mathematical notation and physical descriptors that were selected by optimizing for usefulness, completeness, and pedagogical clarity.