Dr Faustus of Modern Physics - Department of Speech, Music and ...

The solution to both problems were sought in statistics with the price of
giving up causality.
The basic mystery of quantum mechanics is thus the statistical interpretation
of the wave function prepared in
• statistical thermodynamics used by Boltzmann to avoid the reversibility
paradox,
• statistics of energy quanta used by Planck to avoid the ultraviolet catastrophy
of blackbody radiation
But the effect of selling out the rational soul has shown up as an aspect
of mysticism of modern physics, which has become so accepted that it is
no longer viewed as mysticism. The mysticism is rooted in a belief that
mathematical formulas can harbour deep truths about our world of physics
unknown to the physicist writing down the formula.
The magics is the same as first saying something and then analyzing
the meaning of the statement. Instead of first having a meaningful thought
and then expressing it. Of course, occasionally this leads to very profound
insights, but usually it is only shallow nonsense.
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