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In "Strange Metals," the Flow of Electricity Is Equally Strange

33 points by mfiguiere 3y ago

gumby 3y ago
> “Rather, the electrons are talking to each other so strongly and so often that you just can’t describe charge flowing in terms of approximately independent electrons.” Someone should forward this article to Daniel Dennett!
Podgajski 3y ago
“Study finds evidence of entangled electrons behaving like a fluid” When are these nerds going to get it? Nothing is solid. Everything’s a fluid. Everything is just a cloud of probability that our minds collapsing into an imagine certainty.
- gumby 3y ago
  As opposed to “behaving like discrete particles” Neither statement claims that electrons form a fluid or move through a solid as particles they simply say that when thinking about charge behavior in either of these two regimes, one’s intuition of particles (or a fluid) can be useful. It’s no different from photons: nobody claims they are an actually absolutely particles or waves (or exclusively one or the other) but rather that one can reason about them using either wave or particle mechanics depending on the situation.
  - Podgajski 3y ago
    I didn’t say electrons form of fluid, what I’m saying is that electrons are not anything, but a probability wave. A wave, you know, like a fluid.
    - markisus 3y ago
      They are only waves until you “measure” their position whatever that means. Then they behave like particles.
- wsintra2022 3y ago
  Who are these nerds anyway? Gotta admit; although your comment was crass and it was really funny.
- gaze 3y ago
  What are you even talking about? In many materials, the electrons absolutely don’t behave like a fluid.
gumby 3y ago
> There are currently no clear applications for this strange metal behavior, Natelson says. However, “in some models of strange metals, the electronic fluid is supposed to have very, very low effective viscosity, which could lead to unusual device possibilities,” he adds. Sounds like they might be useful in some applications as a poor person’s superconductor. But props to the author for not adding the seemingly obligatory claim that this will revolutionize human life as we know it.

33 points by mfiguiere 3y ago

> “Rather, the electrons are talking to each other so strongly and so often that you just can’t describe charge flowing in terms of approximately independent electrons.” Someone should forward this article to Daniel Dennett!

Podgajski 3y ago

“Study finds evidence of entangled electrons behaving like a fluid” When are these nerds going to get it? Nothing is solid. Everything’s a fluid. Everything is just a cloud of probability that our minds collapsing into an imagine certainty.

gumby 3y ago
As opposed to “behaving like discrete particles” Neither statement claims that electrons form a fluid or move through a solid as particles they simply say that when thinking about charge behavior in either of these two regimes, one’s intuition of particles (or a fluid) can be useful. It’s no different from photons: nobody claims they are an actually absolutely particles or waves (or exclusively one or the other) but rather that one can reason about them using either wave or particle mechanics depending on the situation.
- Podgajski 3y ago
  I didn’t say electrons form of fluid, what I’m saying is that electrons are not anything, but a probability wave. A wave, you know, like a fluid.
  - markisus 3y ago
    They are only waves until you “measure” their position whatever that means. Then they behave like particles.
wsintra2022 3y ago
Who are these nerds anyway? Gotta admit; although your comment was crass and it was really funny.
gaze 3y ago
What are you even talking about? In many materials, the electrons absolutely don’t behave like a fluid.

gumby 3y ago

> There are currently no clear applications for this strange metal behavior, Natelson says. However, “in some models of strange metals, the electronic fluid is supposed to have very, very low effective viscosity, which could lead to unusual device possibilities,” he adds. Sounds like they might be useful in some applications as a poor person’s superconductor. But props to the author for not adding the seemingly obligatory claim that this will revolutionize human life as we know it.