Respectfully, This is actually very high level scientifically accurate-stuff
This kind of attitude makes me irrationally angry.
"Sorry if it's a little too complicated for you sweetie, I know it's high level. What you fail to understand is that physics is not math, it's vibes. That's why I get my best vibe-based theories of everything when I'm on drugs."
It physically pains me to see folks just treat QM like its the new religious mysticism. These people never even attempt to educate themselves on the very thing they claim to be interested in when its literally free on youtube
I know this is an old comment, but I'm in a bit of a reddit rabbithole at the moment, how would you recommend a layperson learn about Quantum Mechanics? I'm very interested in it, but I have a hard time parsing what's real and what's someone's oversimplified interpretation/biased understanding
Hi! I'd recommend starting with a textbook and sticking to it as long as the math is familiar. Modern Quantum Mechanics by J. J Sakurai has a nice introduction to QM- if you're familiar with a lot of linear algebra and vector calculus then I'd recommend this.
Intro to QM by David J Griffiths takes a more worded approach so you could also look into that.
Otherwise, if you're looking to start from the pure basics, you can try following a university syllabus for a first year class. If you're interested I can DM you some lecture notes that walks you through the photoelectric effect all the way to the concept of expectation values.
"When quarks or are destroyed they produce photons, which means that as quantum physics says everything is material and energy at once, operating on the speed of light.
E=mc2 lays it all out."
Dude proposes that the universe is a "light based simulation" and everything is made up of photons (if i understand his point correctly)
This kind of attitude makes me irrationally angry.
"Sorry if it's a little too complicated for you sweetie, I know it's high level. What you fail to understand is that physics is not math, it's vibes. That's why I get my best vibe-based theories of everything when I'm on drugs."
It physically pains me to see folks just treat QM like its the new religious mysticism. These people never even attempt to educate themselves on the very thing they claim to be interested in when its literally free on youtube
But that would require them to sit down and learn.
More importantly, it wouldn't give them the smug thrill of having discovered hidden knowledge that all the eggheads in the universities missed.
I know this is an old comment, but I'm in a bit of a reddit rabbithole at the moment, how would you recommend a layperson learn about Quantum Mechanics? I'm very interested in it, but I have a hard time parsing what's real and what's someone's oversimplified interpretation/biased understanding
Hi! I'd recommend starting with a textbook and sticking to it as long as the math is familiar. Modern Quantum Mechanics by J. J Sakurai has a nice introduction to QM- if you're familiar with a lot of linear algebra and vector calculus then I'd recommend this.
Intro to QM by David J Griffiths takes a more worded approach so you could also look into that.
Otherwise, if you're looking to start from the pure basics, you can try following a university syllabus for a first year class. If you're interested I can DM you some lecture notes that walks you through the photoelectric effect all the way to the concept of expectation values.
Thanks for the response! I’ll definitely look in to textbooks! I’m all good on college syllabi but thank you so much for the offer! Have a good one
"When quarks or are destroyed they produce photons, which means that as quantum physics says everything is material and energy at once, operating on the speed of light.
E=mc2 lays it all out."
Dude proposes that the universe is a "light based simulation" and everything is made up of photons (if i understand his point correctly)