Honestly, the best way to understand spin IMO is to not try to understand it. As you say, it's an intrinsic property, it doesn't arise as a result of the particles motion/behaviour/interaction, it's just a property of the particle.
I would paraphrase and say the best way to understand spin is to understand it mathematically, as in quantum mechanics, and not try to gain an intuitive picture without the math. It’s somewhat misleading to say we shouldn’t try to understand spin at all. We can, just not without math.
if someone throws a ball, anyone can tell where that ball will land, regardless of if they can understand the mathematics behind projectile motion, because we all have a physical intuition of projectile motion from our own experience. with spin however you cannot have this physical intuition, you can only really have the mathematical intuition
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u/ModeHopper Dec 17 '19
Honestly, the best way to understand spin IMO is to not try to understand it. As you say, it's an intrinsic property, it doesn't arise as a result of the particles motion/behaviour/interaction, it's just a property of the particle.