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Single Idea 20469
[filed under theme 26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature
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Full Idea
'Infinite', ultimately, is the name that we give to what we do not yet know. Nature appears to be telling us that there is nothing truly infinite.
Gist of Idea
There are probably no infinities, and 'infinite' names what we do not yet know
Source
Carlo Rovelli (Reality is Not What it Seems [2014], 11)
Book Ref
Rovelli,Carlo: 'Reality is Not What it Seems', ed/tr. Carnell/Segre [Penguin 2016], p.205
The
14 ideas
from 'Reality is Not What it Seems'
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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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20465
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Nature has three aspects: granularity, indeterminacy, and relations
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20468
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Quantum mechanics deals with processes, rather than with things
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20467
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Quantum mechanics describes the world entirely as events
[Rovelli]
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20461
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The basic ideas of fields and particles are merged in quantum mechanics
[Rovelli]
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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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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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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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