I’m just now, belatedly, realizing that this means our linguistic tools for dealing with physical objects are among the big problems with quantum dynamics … which is interesting. There’s been a lot said and done regarding the ubiquity of spatial metaphors in language, which would partially explain why our intuitive grasp of quantum dynamics is ordinarily so poor.
I’m just now, belatedly, realizing that this means our linguistic tools for dealing with physical objects are among the big problems with quantum dynamics … which is interesting. There’s been a lot said and done regarding the ubiquity of spatial metaphors in language, which would partially explain why our intuitive grasp of quantum dynamics is ordinarily so poor.