Non-Locality

[The Good Reverend Roger]

It's because you tried to find out how fast it was going!

You have to find out what's under the hood.

But you aren't allowed to look.

[Requia ☣]

yes.

except it's not an "electron cloud", cause electrons are particles in themselves. it's an electromagnetic wave. why or how this is different, i dunno.

Its not a particle, its the weird half particle/half waveform, same as a photon.

[LMNO]

It is a particle, but the QM definition of "particle" is completely unrelated to the OED definition of "particle".

[The Good Reverend Roger]

It is a particle, but the QM definition of "particle" is completely unrelated to the OED definition of "particle".

Are you arguing with Requiem?

She's an expert.  On everything.

[Rococo Modem Basilisk]

In before wavicles?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

In before wavicles?

In before collapse.

[Requia ☣]

It is a particle, but the QM definition of "particle" is completely unrelated to the OED definition of "particle".

Still the same general behavior as a photon (except the negative charge thing).

Edit: Oh and mass.

[LMNO]

You're both missing the point, and taking the metaphor literally.

[Rococo Modem Basilisk]

In before wavicles?

In before collapse.

So my posting in the thread is not fatal to a waveform?

We haven't yet reached an eigenstate?

[Jenne]

In before wavicles?

In before prolapse.

For the hell of it.

[Triple Zero]

so my friend told me last week that actual "quantum" theory, the way it was originally stated is actually kind of dated. according to him, the current running theory in physics is something called "path integral formalism" (I might have remembered the term wrong but it was something like that).

so anyway (regardless of whether this is correct), I say we move in before the new age hippies do, and start marketing things like "Path Integral Formalism Healing TM" and "Path Integral Formalism Touch TM".

[rong]

have you had your ePIFany yet?

[LMNO]

so my friend told me last week that actual "quantum" theory, the way it was originally stated is actually kind of dated. according to him, the current running theory in physics is something called "path integral formalism" (I might have remembered the term wrong but it was something like that).

so anyway (regardless of whether this is correct), I say we move in before the new age hippies do, and start marketing things like "Path Integral Formalism Healing TM" and "Path Integral Formalism Touch TM".

QM is a constantly revised term, much like "physics" soesn't much represent the Principia Mathematica anymore.

There's no need to re-name it, unless the basic principles have totally changed. "String Theory" comes to mind in that respect.

Still, I like your idea about claiming the term before the hippies get there.

[Richter]

In before wavicles?

In before prolapse.

For the hell of it.

[Rococo Modem Basilisk]

It seems to me that Path Integral Formulation just SOUNDS a lot cooler than 'quantum'. Which is, of course, the point; vaguely associating something with a cool sounding term that is 'scientific'. I figure that if we were to do such a thing, we could mine the cool terms from all over science. Observe:

Delta-Epsilon Psychology: The Mathematical Science of Mental Health
Agglutinative Healing: The Power of Spoken Word
Interrupt Vector Tables: The Hidden Power of Mapped Functioning