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I remember a physicist saying that those folks do show up in classes and start the class talking about how excited they are to learn about QM, and they disappea
by projektfu 4y ago
I remember a physicist saying that those folks do show up in classes and start the class talking about how excited they are to learn about QM, and they disappear after a few weeks and drop the course.
- dj_mc_merlin 4y agoYeah, I agree with the GP comment, but QM is a bad example. It is not an approachable subject by any means. I don't say that as somebody who knows it, I know people with physics PhDs than confirm that a layperson is just not going to be able to learn anything useful about it without doing the equivalent work of a degree/masters etc.
- projektfu 4y agoIt might have been just Modern Physics (3rd semester in my university). The student should have had the prereqs at least.
- Agentlien 4y ago"Modern Physics" is a much better name for it. At my university it was called "Physics for Engineers" and was a mix of quantum mechanics and relativity. I always found the name weird because it didn't seem particularly geared towards engineering needs.
- dekhn 4y agothere should be a class that is just low-math "implications of QM on natural philosophy" to satisfy those with the curiousity but not the inclinations towards heavy math. At the very least the class should be able to get through the two-slit experiment, EPR, and Bell's tests with a clear point being that nobody currently understands "how" entanglement works at the physical level.
- hgsgm 4y ago