Ideas of Carlo Rovelli, by Theme
[Italian, fl. 2014, Physicist in Marseilles, and popular science writer.]
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5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 4. Paradoxes in Logic / a. Achilles paradox
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Zeno assumes collecting an infinity of things makes an infinite thing
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes
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Quantum mechanics deals with processes, rather than with things
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / b. Events as primitive
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Quantum mechanics describes the world entirely as events
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature
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There are probably no infinities, and 'infinite' names what we do not yet know
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / d. The unlimited
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The basic ideas of fields and particles are merged in quantum mechanics
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / b. Fields
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Because it is quantised, a field behaves like a set of packets of energy
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There are about fifteen particles fields, plus a few force fields
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The world consists of quantum fields, with elementary events happening in spacetime
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / c. Electrons
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Electrons are not waves, because their collisions are at a point, and not spread out
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Electrons only exist when they interact, and their being is their combination of quantum leaps
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / d. Quantum mechanics
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Quantum Theory describes events and possible interactions - not how things are
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter
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Nature has three aspects: granularity, indeterminacy, and relations
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 4. Substantival Space
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The world is just particles plus fields; space is the gravitational field
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / g. Time's arrow
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Only heat distinguishes past from future
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