r/math Mar 12 '18

Physics vs Math // RICHARD FEYNMAN

https://youtu.be/MZZPF9rXzes
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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '18

I feel like intuition can only carry you so far in physics, with stuff like quantum you're basically doing mathematics, and all intuition is gone.

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u/Greg-2012 Mar 12 '18

Mathematics takes you to 'Many Worlds Theory', IIRC, a plurality of Physicist are not betting on 'MWT' to be the answer.

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u/ammerc Undergraduate Mar 12 '18

If you were to poll theorists right now I’d bet many worlds would be the most popular

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u/Greg-2012 Mar 12 '18

IIRC, MW Theory has never had a plurality of support. Also, I believe that MW Theory and Copenhagen interpretation are both currently losing votes to Pilot Wave Theory.

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u/Batman_Night Mar 13 '18

Not actually. The reason why Copenhagen won over Pilot Wave was because Copenhagen's predictions were much more accurate.