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5. A math professor once told me the reason mathematicians don't do arithmetic

Tue Feb 4, 2025, 02:23 AM

Feb 2025

Is because it's too hard. I wonder if a similar principle is at work here with the hydrogen atom?

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Why even physicists still don't understand quantum theory 100 years on [View all] usonian Feb 2025 OP

I think dedicated psychonauts understand it better..... alittlelark Feb 2025 #1

After 400 pages of linear algebra and the wave equation Klarkashton Feb 2025 #2

Somehow we have reached the age of quantum stupidity Blue Owl Feb 2025 #3

As I Understand It... ProfessorGAC Feb 2025 #7