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If my experience in Physics is somewhat typical, it's barely taught as an interpretation, it's just as Feynman put it "shut up and calculate".
by drowsspa 4y ago
If my experience in Physics is somewhat typical, it's barely taught as an interpretation, it's just as Feynman put it "shut up and calculate".
- konschubert 4y agoTrue. And I’m not saying we should be having philosophical discussions. But pretending that there isn’t a problem with the copenhagen interpretation is also an insult to the students intellect.
- analog31 4y agoWe were certainly more than aware of the problems. They even brought in colloquium speakers to talk about it.
- konschubert 4y agoI don't remember this being discussed at my alma mater. Not in lectures and not in colloquia. But then again, maybe it happened and I missed it. I don't want to throw shade.
- Nomentatus 4y agoHope you'll pardon my pedantry (I just got schooled on this): https://www.motleybytes.com/w/N_David_Mermin_quotes/Shut_Up_and_Calculate https://www.motleybytes.com/w/N_David_Mermin_quotes/Shut_Up_... What I like is that the first use was ironic, as he continues "But I won't."