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Single Idea 20468
[filed under theme 7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes
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Full Idea
Quantum mechanics teaches us not to think about the world in terms of 'things' which are in this or that state, but in terms of 'processes' instead.
Gist of Idea
Quantum mechanics deals with processes, rather than with things
Source
Carlo Rovelli (Reality is Not What it Seems [2014], 04)
Book Ref
Rovelli,Carlo: 'Reality is Not What it Seems', ed/tr. Carnell/Segre [Penguin 2016], p.116
The
14 ideas
from Carlo Rovelli
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20457
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Zeno assumes collecting an infinity of things makes an infinite thing
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20458
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The world is just particles plus fields; space is the gravitational field
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20466
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Quantum Theory describes events and possible interactions - not how things are
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20467
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Quantum mechanics describes the world entirely as events
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20468
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Quantum mechanics deals with processes, rather than with things
[Rovelli]
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20465
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Nature has three aspects: granularity, indeterminacy, and relations
[Rovelli]
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20461
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The basic ideas of fields and particles are merged in quantum mechanics
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20462
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Because it is quantised, a field behaves like a set of packets of energy
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20463
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There are about fifteen particles fields, plus a few force fields
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20464
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The world consists of quantum fields, with elementary events happening in spacetime
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20459
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Electrons only exist when they interact, and their being is their combination of quantum leaps
[Rovelli]
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20460
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Electrons are not waves, because their collisions are at a point, and not spread out
[Rovelli]
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20469
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There are probably no infinities, and 'infinite' names what we do not yet know
[Rovelli]
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20470
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Only heat distinguishes past from future
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