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Old 03-25-2014, 09:55 AM   #429
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe View Post
As a layperson, my understanding of the Copenhagen interpretation is that it's not there to help people understand QM, it's there to provide a way for people to do QM, to run the numbers and get repeatable, usable results; a "shut up and run the numbers" kind of deal.
Yes, exactly. You can assign a probability to each outcome.

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As far as understanding QM, I'm reminded of what Richard Feynman said in his book, The Character of Physical Law: "I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics."
I always knew that I was smarter than Mr Feynman .
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