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[a500lbgorilla]

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm/

[MadMojoMonkey]

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm/

Oh cool. I just noticed that this is a philosophy page. The links at the bottom of the page are relatively math-free, and still quite compelling reading on QM.

There's some really cool stuff in there.

Really?! Bell's work with the EPR paradox and non-local variables doesn't show that non-local variables are completely ruled out?
I.e. either QM is complete OR there is "spooky action at a distance."
:/
Really?!

That's kind of a keystone fact for me. It's shocking that the results of QM are so accurate and precise, given that we can't even prove that we understand the slightest bit of what we're doing. I mean: if we can't show the theory is even a complete description of reality, why does it give such amazing predictions of reality? Or why is it so difficult to prove that the theory is complete when it is so demonstrably close to the mark?

This is really messing with my head.