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And that is exactly why it isn't a paradox in quantum mechanics. Quantum mechanics is consistent for the domain of questions it was designed to ask: particle sc
by philipov 8y ago
And that is exactly why it isn't a paradox in quantum mechanics. Quantum mechanics is consistent for the domain of questions it was designed to ask: particle scattering experiments. It's when people push it into philosophy or other unintended domains that they run into problems.
- whatshisface 8y agoQuantum mechanics is also totally consistent for materials science problems, astrophysical problems (pending gravity), chemical problems (including human beings), and so on. It's really the philosophy that has a quantum mechanics problem. ;)
- TheOtherHobbes 8y agoQM and GR are inconsistent. If you don't see that as a fundamental research problem you're not doing science, you're just treading water.
- philipov 8y agoA paradox is an internal inconsistency. Noone claims that quantum mechanics is the fundamental theory of everything. Like the convergence of a taylor series, there is a range of energies within which it produces correct calculations, and if you go outside that the result is undefined.
- whatshisface 8y agoStrictly speaking that is a QFT problem, or really a standard model problem, moreso than a quantum mechanics problem. In order for it to be a quantum mechanics problem it would have to happen everywhere in quantum mechanics, and the single electron Schrodinger equation hydrogen atom definitely has no (theoretical) problem.
- TheOtherHobbes 8y agoHere's a nice paradox: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1902.05080.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1902.05080.pdf