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Ok, so we agree that probability is not a part of physics. I also agree that the question of how to apply probability in physics is interesting. I’m not sure a
by kgwgk 2y ago
Ok, so we agree that probability is not a part of physics. I also agree that the question of how to apply probability in physics is interesting.
I’m not sure about the “nobody knows” though. I would say that statistical mechanics has been quite successful in “knowing”: https://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/0501322 https://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/0501322
- ninetyninenine 2y agoHaven't you heard of quantum mechanics. The probability wave makes it a foundational part and not just a macro phenomena. Statistical mechanics is just a study of the application of probability to that macro phenomena. We still don't know why all of it works.
- kgwgk 2y ago> Haven't you heard of quantum mechanics. Haven't you looked at the article I sent which says "quantum" in every other page. Haven't you heard of its author Roger Balian and his (two-volume) book From microphysics to macrophysics: methods and applications of statistical physics. > Statistical mechanics is just a study of the application of probability to that macro phenomena. We still don't know why all of it works. "We" may "know" different things - and have a different view on the relative importance of what is known and what it isn't.