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A paradox is essentially a logical contradiction. As far as we know such contradictions don't occur in nature. Paradoxes indicate that there is a flaw in either
by ChrisSD 8y ago
A paradox is essentially a logical contradiction. As far as we know such contradictions don't occur in nature. Paradoxes indicate that there is a flaw in either our theory or our understanding of our theory.
- nikofeyn 8y agoright. but saying there aren't paradoxes in quantum mechanics isn't helpful and is probably just wrong. quantum mechanics isn't a physical thing and isn't reality. it is a model. of course it can have paradoxes, and does.
- dtech 8y agoA model with a paradox is usually considered a flawed model, as it a logical contradiction, and from a logical contradiction anything can be proven. "Proof by contradiction" is a proof that the opposite is true, and is constructed so that if the thing you try to disprove would be true, you could create a paradox/contradiction.
- nikofeyn 8y ago> A model with a paradox is usually considered a flawed model that is the critique at hand, is it not? my understanding of the paradoxes in quantum mechanics stem from things, like measurement, being unspecified or at least being specified or interpreted without consensus.
- laszlokorte 8y agoActually a paradox is something that appears to be a contradiction. It comes from the greek for "contrary to expectation". So often a paradox is about wrong expectations and not a contradiction in of it self.