30 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
Mathematical VS Metaphysical Understandings of Quantum Ph...
The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic phenomena. The verbal interpretation, on the other hand – i.e., the metaphysics of quantum theory – is on far less solid ground. In fact, in more than forty years physicists have not been able to provide a clear metaphysical model.We have explained the quantum world mathematically, but we have failed to understanding it verbally.
19 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
Physics is About Describing Nature
When asked ... [about] an underlying quantum world, Bohr would answer, 'There is no quantum world. There is only an abstract quantum physical description. It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we can say about Nature.'Not about what nature is.