The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #171994   Message #4172131
Posted By: Donuel
13-May-23 - 10:29 AM
Thread Name: BS: KISS keep it simple
Subject: RE: BS: KISS keep it simple
For the advanced scientist, this discussion by Maudlin points out the importance of philosophy to point out hidden false assumptions. Once again this is for folks who are willing to go all the way down the rabbit hole. Tim Maudlin

He shows how the particle or wave question covered up the truth that it has always been both. The schools that just tell students to 'shut up and calculate' murder creativity and truth. He even mentions how matter is an emergent state of the energetic substrate of the universe. The concept of field theory began as the notion of an 'ether' in days past.

The question of the deterministic and nondeterministic nature of reality is a favorite of mine and explains a lot pf my POV.

My memory can recreate the words of a past post but can not accurately place a date in time. Basically, you were amused by my description but did not grasp the meaning and implications. Thats OK, no one can grasp the entirety of quantum mechanics. Not even Einstien.