On Sat, Aug 06, 2016 at 03:18:36PM -0600, Mirimir wrote:
On 08/06/2016 02:04 PM, juan wrote:
On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 15:31:13 -0600 Mirimir <mirimir@riseup.net> wrote: Math is just a tool that deals with numbers. And numbers without units have no physical meaning.
Quantum mechanics is math. It makes predictions about reality that can be tested. By experiments where stuff gets measured.
The problem is that some predictions of quantum mechanics, such as this stuff about entanglement, 1) have been verified experimentally, but 2) don't make obvious sense. That is, a wave function comprising two entangled electrons can apparently collapse instantaneously, even though the electrons are arbitrarily far apart. You could try to give up light as a universal speed limit. But that creates other paradoxes.
Sound. Light. Bah humbug! Next thing they'll be telling us that thought is the universal speed limit.