It promised to solve the outstanding scientific challenge of the day: the nature of the quantum world. In 1926, Heisenberg gave a talk at the University of Berlin, the center of physics in Germany, about his new theory. Copenhagen’s reply is silence-and a stern look for having the temerity to ask the question in the first place.

The Copenhagen interpretation says that it’s meaningless to ask about what’s actually going on in quantum physics.

Does the quantum world depend on whether it has an audience. Quantum physics is successful at describing the world, but it is also full of strange questions that cannot be answered. However, when you make a measurement, the laws of physics seem to behave differently. The Schrödinger equation is a totally deterministic equation that can be used to predict the behavior of any wavefunction. It is not immediately clear what the theory is saying about the world. The theory of quantum physics is strange and abstruse, and its mathematics is unfamiliar and difficult to understand. He demanded an interpretation that gave a coherent story about the world, even if no measurement was taking place. The Copenhagen interpretation was meant to be a relaxing philosophy that provided a soft pillow for the believer, but it had little effect on Einstein. It does not allow us to do more than predict probabilities for quantum events, because quantum objects do not exist in the same way as the everyday world around us. The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics states that quantum physics is a tool for calculating the probabilities of various outcomes of experiments. Insights from Chapter 12 Insights from Chapter 1 Insights on Adam Becker's What Is Real Contents #4 The Schrödinger equation is a totally deterministic equation that can be used to predict the behavior of any wavefunction. #3 The theory of quantum physics is strange and abstruse, and its mathematics is unfamiliar and difficult to understand. #2 The Copenhagen interpretation was meant to be a relaxing philosophy that provided a soft pillow for the believer, but it had little effect on Einstein.

#1 The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics states that quantum physics is a tool for calculating the probabilities of various outcomes of experiments. Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

What Is Real? by Adam Becker