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Well yeah, quantum mechanics in general is the theory of quantized probabilistic physical systems, so it makes sense that apparently probabilistic systems with
by pharrington 8y ago
Well yeah, quantum mechanics in general is the theory of quantized probabilistic physical systems, so it makes sense that apparently probabilistic systems with an apparent finite set of component states that can only discretely change in magnitude can be modeled with the theories that were developed to address precisely that. I suspect the cause of your surprise is actually inverted (as in, it's not surprising that alot of high level systems work like that, but rather that the most fundamental elements of matter/energy do.)
- selestify 8y agoBell's theorem says that no other theory with local hidden variables (which do away with randomness) can explain all the things QM explains.
- akvadrako 8y agoNot quite. A similar thing does surprise me; that quantum theory was discovered when researching particle physics and is only recently making inroads in other fields. That it applies to physics too is expected, because one way to characterise the quantum language is that it defines what one system can possibly do or say to another system. The source of those limitations is not yet completely clear, i.e. it hasn't been satisfactorily axiomized. But we can get close and it seems it's a logical restraint based around self-consistency. Assuming the universe must be self-consistent, it must also obey QM.