quantum_mcts

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   by quantum_mcts 5y ago

   I'm from the many-worlds interpretation camp, and this "superdeterminism" business always strikes me as ironic. Proponents of hidden variables, in their desire to explain QM effects, arrived at the idea that there is somethin
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   by quantum_mcts 5y ago

   Also physicist. My beef is more with philosophy-of-science folks in particular. They think that we, physicists, really need them and their insights about how to do physics properly. For example they really like this meme: reddit.com/r&
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   by quantum_mcts 5y ago

   https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/53558/386
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   by quantum_mcts 5y ago

   This proposes a linear e+e- collider with beam energies of about 250 GeV. Now if you shine a laser light on these electron beams, then the back-scattered photons will carry ~80% of the electrons' energy. So you'll have 200 GeV pho
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   by quantum_mcts 5y ago

   I'd argue that that is not really an "explanation", because you cannot meaningfully generalize it. Yes, there is a lift because there is upward force on the wing, because there is a downward force on the air... But, how do y
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   by quantum_mcts 5y ago

   There is an analogy between this and infeasibility of "Explainable AI". For the Lift Theory we have Navier-Stokes equations that give you the lift if you solve them numerically or, maybe, figure an analytical solution. But most pe
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   by quantum_mcts 5y ago

   https://xkcd.com/1605/
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   by quantum_mcts 5y ago

   An overlooked advantage of the MLP is that it is differentiable. Essentially, one trades the extra CPU for a classifier that one can pipe gradients through. That can be extremely useful in larger NN architectures.
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   by quantum_mcts 5y ago

   I always wanted similar thing but for some philosophy texts. Notably Hegel - I'd love to see a philosopher trying to figure out which pile of gibberish is generated and which is the work of a father of modern dialectics.
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    by quantum_mcts 5y ago

    There's this common lack-of-self-awareness thing about people that undoubtedly are experts in their fields: "I've been doing X for 10 years and then I encountered Y and, suddenly, everything clicked." And then they go f
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    by quantum_mcts 5y ago

    With blackjack...
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    by quantum_mcts 5y ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_contract
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    by quantum_mcts 5y ago

    All your arguments has this implicit assumption of a central authority that you trust to do its job: - "SEPA is pan-European credit transfers". Emphasis in "European". Good luck _reliably_ sending money to China or
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    by quantum_mcts 6y ago

    Physicist. Some people in the community are quite excited because it hints at something beyond SM. The problem is that the quoted theoretical prediction for g-2 is not a settled issue and is a subject of a long controversy between various g
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    by quantum_mcts 6y ago

    Check out this phyics.stackexchange answer: https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/627852/386 I've been involved in one of the light-by-light theory groups a long time ago. The situation with theoretical predict
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    by quantum_mcts 6y ago

    I've got a PhD in theoretical particle physics. During my undergrad years I was very interested in interpretations of quantum mechanics. I was swayed by Bohmian interpretation and decided to try to "convert" problems and solu