Quantum theory is perhaps the most successful scientific idea ever.

[BidenPresident]

Why relationships are the key to existence


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Quantum theory is perhaps the most successful scientific idea ever. So far, it has never been proved wrong. It is stupendously predictive, it has clarified the structure of the periodic table, the functioning of the sun, the colour of the sky, the nature of chemical bonds, the formation of galaxies and much more. The technologies we have been able to build as a result range from computers to lasers to medical instruments.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...y-to-existence

[McRocket]

Maybe.

But you are tossing out an INCREDIBLE number of other theories to champion this one.

Besides, what possible difference does it make which is the 'best'?

[BidenPresident]

Maybe.

But you are tossing out an INCREDIBLE number of other theories to champion this one.

What are those other theories?

[BidenPresident]

Besides, what possible difference does it make which is the 'best'?

It matters whether something is true or false.

[Cypress]

I would have to see what the definition of the "most successful" theory is. That seems pretty subjective.

Quantum mechanics has been endlessly tested, and we had a very good idea of how it works. We still are somewhat mystified why it works. Quantum entanglement, superposition, and the wave function collapse are counterintuitive and even after 100 years nobody is exactly sure it means or why they work

The preeminent 20th century physicist Richard Feynman said that nobody really understands quantum mechanics.

[BidenPresident]

I would have to see what the definition of the "most successful" theory is. That seems pretty subjective.

Quantum mechanics has been endlessly tested, and we had a very good idea of how it works. We still are somewhat mystified why it works. Quantum entanglement, superposition, and the wave function collapse are counterintuitive and even after 100 years nobody is exactly sure it means or why they work

The preeminent 20th century physicist Richard Feynman said that nobody really understands quantum mechanics.

Feynman died 34 years ago.

[Cypress]

Feynman died 34 years ago.

We still don't really understand the fundamental nature of
quantum entanglement or the wave function collapse, although numerous ideas have been proposed over the decades.

[BidenPresident]

We still don't really understand the fundamental nature of
quantum entanglement or the wave function collapse, although numerous ideas have been proposed over the decades.

You are not a physicist. Stop lying.

[Cypress]

You are not a physicist. Stop lying.

I'll just let you stew in your anger and resentment, seeing as how you are not interested in thoughtful contributions to your thread

[BidenPresident]

I'll just let you stew in your anger and resentment, seeing as how you are not interested in thoughtful contributions to your thread

I am not interested in your nonsense.

[Cypress]

I am not interested in your nonsense.

I literally wrote the most insightful and informed post you are ever likely to get on this thread, and all it did was make you angry

[Cypress]

You are not a physicist. Stop lying.

I was employed as a geophysicist in one of my careers and I have spent most of my adult life reading about physics among other topics.

I would say quantum mechanics is arguably the most successful theory because it has been relentlessly tested for almost a century and never failed a test, and it is the type of physics that underlies the modern electronic and digital economy.

I think generally relativity and evolution by natural selection are the most satisfying theories, scientifically and philosophically.

[AProudLefty]

Special Relativity
General Relativity
Newtonian Physics
Classical Mechanics

[AProudLefty]

Oh yes also:

Maxwell's Equations
N-body problem

[Hawkeye10]

CounterPoint:


Even Physicists Don’t Understand Quantum Mechanics
Worse, they don’t seem to want to understand it

“I think I can safely say that nobody really understands quantum mechanics,” observed the physicist and Nobel laureate Richard Feynman. That’s not surprising, as far as it goes. Science makes progress by confronting our lack of understanding, and quantum mechanics has a reputation for being especially mysterious.

What’s surprising is that physicists seem to be O.K. with not understanding the most important theory they have.

Quantum mechanics, assembled gradually by a group of brilliant minds over the first decades of the 20th century, is an incredibly successful theory. We need it to account for how atoms decay, why stars shine, how transistors and lasers work and, for that matter, why tables and chairs are solid rather than immediately collapsing onto the floor.

Scientists can use quantum mechanics with perfect confidence. But it’s a black box. We can set up a physical situation, and make predictions about what will happen next that are verified to spectacular accuracy. What we don’t do is claim to understand quantum mechanics. Physicists don’t understand their own theory any better than a typical smartphone user understands what’s going on inside the device.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/07/o...m-physics.html