I just finished taking my first undergraduate Quantum class and I have to say I have left with more questions than answers. The logical loopholes one has to jump through in modern quantum theory taught at this level is extremely frustrating to me.
Why is the wave-function child treated like the red-headed step child? It carries all of the information about any and every possible measurement, and when particles like electrons are confined to wells their wave-function responds accordingly. Something that "isn't real" can react to real physical systems and carries all of the information about every real event that could be measured.... If anything it seems like the wave-function is the MOST complete real thing in quantum theory, and each individual measurement is just a pixel of a much larger picture (where the wave-function is the picture).
I discussed this with my professor and he said he agreed and disagreed and that if I took field theory some of my questions would be validated and some would be cleared up... What does r/physics think? I don't believe that quantum theory is just confusing and that no one will understand it, that's unsatisfying and unscientific. People said the same thing about random motion, and about all sorts of things. Perhaps understanding quantum theory is like a transition from Ptolemy to a Copernican model, maybe we just have to stop thinking that our measurements are the center of the universe and instead need to change our perspective?
Submitted January 02, 2016 at 11:58AM by PotentPollen http://ift.tt/1TvTyLc
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