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Ideas for 'The Strangest Man', 'Elimination of Metaphysics by Analysis of Language' and 'The Iliad'

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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / d. Quantum mechanics

21235	The Schrödinger waves are just the maths of transforming energy values to positions [Farmelo]
	Full Idea: Dirac showed that the Schrödinger waves were simply the mathematical quantities involved in transforming the description of a quantum based on its energy values to one based on possible values of its position.
	From: Graham Farmelo (The Strangest Man [2009], 08)
	A reaction: Does this eliminate actual physical 'waves' from the theory?

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / c. Particle properties

21234	Experiments show that fundamental particles of one type are identical [Farmelo]
	Full Idea: It is an established experimental fact ...that every single fundamental particle in the universe is the same and identical to all other particles of the same type.
	From: Graham Farmelo (The Strangest Man [2009], 07)
	A reaction: A loud groan is heard from the tomb of Leibniz. I'm unclear how experiments can establish this. If electrons have internal structure (which is not ruled out) then uniformity is highly unlikely.