Quantum mechanics is one of science’s most successful theories yet remains profoundly counterintuitive and resists intuitive sense-making.
Evidence
Quantum Mechanics and the Limits of Human Intuition (Philosophy Institute)
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: Quantum mechanics challenges previous understanding of the universe’s origins. — Hawking, Stephen, A Brief History of Time, 101; Quantum mechanics suggests particles lack defined positions and velocities. — Hawking, Stephen, A Brief History of Time, 336; Quantum mechanics predicts particles pass through both slits simultaneously. — Hawking, Stephen, A Brief History of Time, 110
Related
- Quantum mechanics suggests particles lack defined positions and velocities. (similarity 0.87)
- Quantum mechanics challenges previous understanding of the universe’s origins. (similarity 0.87)
- Quantum mechanics predicts particles pass through both slits simultaneously. (similarity 0.84)
- Without empirical refutation of either general relativity or quantum mechanics, it is the incommensurability between the theories that has most driven theoretical physics forward. (similarity 0.80)
Library Connections
- Quantum mechanics suggests particles lack defined positions and velocities.
#exemplifies(0.85) — Hawking, Stephen, A Brief History of Time, 336 - Quantum mechanics predicts particles pass through both slits simultaneously.
#exemplifies(0.85) — Hawking, Stephen, A Brief History of Time, 110