“The amazing thing is that this is a scientifically productive rule—finding a new representation that gets rid of epiphenomenal distinctions, often means a substantially different theory of physics with experimental consequences!”
Yeah, I never understood this. The fact that switching two electrons should have no experimental consequences has dramatic experimental consequences. The fact that the phase of a wavefunction doesn’t matter matters a great deal.
Physics shouldn’t have logical contradictions.
It’s a dressed up version of “This sentence is a lie”. It’s only self referential, so it’s truth value can’t be determined in any meaningful, empirical sense.
Jester should’ve remembered the primary rule of logic: Don’t make somebody look like an idiot if they can kill you.